THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON VOLUME XXI LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE, SOHO - SQUARE : ; AND BY LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER- ROW /£$ I ~- M.DCCC.LV CONTENTS, PART I.—1852 I On II Genus Atamisquea, belonging Miers, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S fyc the On the to the Family of the Capparidacese By John page Development of the Ovule in Orchis Morio, Linn By Arthur Henfrey, Esq., F.L.S fyc III On the Australian Species of the Coleopterous Westwood, Genus Bolboceras, Kirby By J O 11 Esq., F.L.S fyc IV Descriptions of some new or imperfectly known Species of Bolboceras, Kirby J O Westwood, Esq., F.L.S fyc By V Experiments and Observations on the Poison of Animals of the Order Araneidea John Black-wall, Esq., F.L.S fyc By VI VII On the On (Economy of a new Species of Saw-fly the Family of Triuriacese By John By John Curtis, Esq., F.L.S Miers, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S fyc 19 31 fyc 39 43 VIII The Anatomy and Development of certain Chalcididse and Ickneumonidse, compared with their special (Economy and Instincts ; with Descriptions of a new Genus and Species of Bee-Parasites By George Newport, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc 61 IX Further Observations on the Genus Anthophorabia F.B.S., F.L.S fyc By George Newport, Esq., 79 CONTENTS vi PART X II.—1853 The Anatomy and Development of certain Chalcididse and Ichneumonidse (conpage 85 By George Newport, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S fyc tinued) XI Further Observations on the Habits of Monodontomerus with some Account of a the Nests of Anthophora new Acarus (Heteropus ventricosus), a Parasite 95 retusa By George Newport, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc ; m XII On the Development of the Spores and Maters of Marchantia polymorpha By 103 Arthur Henfrey, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc By Captain Champion, XIII The Ternstrcemiaceous Plants of Song Kong Communicated by the President XIV On the Development of Ferns from 95th Beg Ill By Arthur Henfrey, their Spores Esq., 117 F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc XV On Two Genera of Plants from Chile XVI On Two New Genera of Fungi By By John Miers, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc the Bev M J Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S 8fc and Structure of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda of Linnceus) William Yarrell, Esq., V.P and Treas Linn Soc 8fc XVII On the BZabits XVIII On the Ocelli in the Genus Anthophorabia By George Newport, PART XXI On with the By 155 161 XIX The Natural Sistory, Anatomy, and Development of Meloe George Newport, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S fyc (continued) Vegetation of Buenos Ayres and the neighbouring districts James Pox Bunbury, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S fyc Genus Aquilaria Bemarks by the late By 167 III.—1854 the Charles 149 Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc XX Notes on 141 By 185 By the late William Roxburgh, M.D., F.L.S 8fc ; Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S fyc Communicated by Robert Brown, Esq., D.C.L., F.B.S., President of the Linnean 199 Society ' XXII On Acradenia, a new Genus of Diosmese ify Richard Kippist, Esq., Libr.L.S 207 CONTENTS XXIII On the Vll Genus Myrmica, and other indigenous Ants By John F.L.S fyc Curtis, Esq., P age 211 221 XXIV Note on the Maters of Trichia ByARTHVTL~H.wm,VY,Esq.,FR.S., F.L.S 8fc on the Genus Ancistrocladus of Wallich By G H K Thwaites, Esq., 225 F.L.S fyc, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden of Peradenia, Ceylon XXV Note XXVI Remarks relative to the affinities and analogies of natural cularly of Hypocephalus, a Genus of Coleoptera By John 8rc XXVII On objects, more parti- Curtis, Esq., F.L.S 227 among a few Species of the Bovine Communicated by Robert Brown, Esq., the Osteological relations observable Family By V.P.L.S 8fC Walter Adam, M.D 237 PART IV.—1855 XXVIII m Observations on the Structure of the Seed and Peculiar the Clusiacese By John Miers, Esq., F.B.S., F.L.S 8fc Form of the Embryo 243 XXIX Extract from a Memoir on the Origin and Development of Vessels in Monocotyledonous and Dicotyledonous Plants By Dr Francisco Preire Allemao, of Bio de Janeiro Translated and communicated by John Miers, Esq., F.B.S., 259 F.L.S 8rc XXX Description of Peachia hastata, a new genus and species of the Class Zoophtta ; 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Museum Wormianum JosephWoods, Esq., F.L.S 8vo Dr von Martius, F.M.L.S The Author Nat Hist Soc, Basle Lugduni-Batavorum, 1655, fol House of Lords, on the 26th of April 1853, The Author Improving Navigation 2nd edition London, in the Wrottesley (John, Lord) Speech on Lieut Maury's Plan for 1853, 8vo (H.) Die Knospenlage der Blatter Wydler Berne, 1850, 8vo 2nd edition, vols London, 1841, 8vo of British 2nd lb 1845, 8vo Birds, edition, vols History On the French System of Measures, Weights, and Coins; and its Yarrell (W.) History of British Fishes, Yates (J.) adaptation to general use London, 1854, 8vo Zannichelli (G G.) Istoria delle piante che nascono ne' Venezia, 1835, Zanoni (J.) fol lidi intorno a Venezia Society of Basle fol Rariorum Stirpium Historia: The Natural History ed Cajetanus Montius Bononiae, 1742, , [ 347 ] DONATIONS TO Til I MUSEUM OF THE L1NNEAN SOCIETY, Exclusive of Presents of single Specimens of Animals, Plants, &c Continued from Page 508 of Vol XX of the Society's Transactions Donations Donors .DRIED Specimens of Plants from Assam and Bootan; forming part of the Herbarium of the late William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S An extensive Collection of Dried Plants, formed principally in the neighbourhood of Adelaide, S Australia ; but partly also at Swan River and King George's Sound, W Australia ; by Sir The Hon India Company The Committee of the WellingtonAthenaeum, New George and Lady Grey East Zealand Specimens of Animal and Vegetable Productions of Van Diemen's Land, from the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations Presented through Joseph Milligan, Esq., F.L.S., Secretary of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land A Two Necklaces, Case, containing stuffed specimens of twelve species of Tasmanian Birds, collected by Mr Bonney as composed of the cuticle has Joseph Milligan, Esq from which the after- friction Specimen of the Native Bread of Tasmania (Mylitta obtained at Glenorchy, Van Diemen's Land australis), Gum of Acacia mucronata, from Flinders' Island, Bass's Straits " Blood Juice," obtained from a tree on Norfolk Island " Gum Kino," from the Blue Gum-tree and other Eucalypti T Y Lowes, Esq Joseph Milligan, Esq Sir W Denison Joseph Milligan, Esq Cross section of the trunk of a tree (the largest ever met with) of " of Tasmania the " Iron- wood," or " Lignum-Vitae (Notelaa ligustrina), shells of a species of Elenchus, been removed, by soaking them in vinegar, and wards using worn by the Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, Mr Bonney Two from Macquarie Harbour Slabs of the "Musk-wood" — Brownrigg, Esq (Eurybia argophylla) Specimens of the "Pink-wood" (Carpodontos quarie Harbour lucida), from Mac- Joseph Milligan, Esq 2z DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 348 Donations Donors Specimens of "White-oak" Timber of Norfolk Island (Lagunea 10 Sir Wm Denison or Hibiscus Patersonii) Specimen of the Timber of the Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria 11 excelsa) 12 Section of ditto at a knotty point 13 Specimen of the "Iron-wood" of Norfolk Island (Olea 14 Specimen of the Timber of the Oyster stralis) 15 ; Joseph Milligan, Esq central vertical section Veneers of the "Native Cherry-tree" of Tasmania (Exocarpus cupressiformis) Rev E Freeman 16 Ditto of the "He-oak" 17 Ditto of the "She-oak" [Casuarina 18 Ditto of the Tasmanian "Honeysuckle-tree" (Banksia 19 apetald) Bay Pine (Callitris au- (Casuarina stricta) quadrivalvis) australis) Piece of a knot of the Myrtle-tree of Tasmania (Fagus Cunninghamii) 20 Section of a small stem of Richea pandanifolia from Macquarie Joseph Milligan, Esq Harbour Dried Specimens of about 300 species of Plants from the Cape of Good Hope ; also the Nest of a Spider from Jamaica Microscopic Sections of 100 kinds of An Woods from Van Diemen's Land extensive Collection of Dried Specimens of North American Plants The Herbarium of British Plants, formed M.D., F.L.S., Author of the ' by the late William Withering, Botanical Arrangement of British Plants.' R C Alexander, M.D., F.L.S J.E.Bicheno,Esq.,F.L.S F Boott, M.D., F.L.S Beriah F.L.S Botfield, Esq., (Grandson of Dr W.) Seventy species of Portuguese Plants, collected by Count Hoffmansegg Specimens of six species of Plants, neighbourhood of Perth, W new to the Society's Collection, from the Australia pool Mr F Y Brocas Specimens of about sixty species of British Mosses Calabash (fruit of the Crescentia Cujete), from F Brent, Esq., of Liver- Bermuda; and portion of a C.Cogswell,M.D.,F.L.S sheet of Arrowroot Fibre, as prepared for manufacture into paper Specimens of Marine Alga, &c from Norfolk Island Dried Specimens of Melilotus arvensis and Filago bourhood of Saffron alden, Essex Jon Couch, Esq., F.L.S Jussieei, W Specimens of Kino, and of three Nyami, Upper Gambia ; varieties of Rice from the neigh- from the Kingdom of together with the fruits of Amomum Danielli, J Clarke, Esq., F.L.S W F Daniell, M.D., F.L.S A cereum, A latifolium, A exscapum, and A Granum Paradisi; from Western Africa Dried Specimens of 148 species of Plants, described either in the ' Flora Graeca,' or the 'Florae Graecae Prodromus;' from Dr Sibthorp's Her- C.Daubeny,M.D., F.L.S barium Specimens of a remarkable prostrate variety of Brornus flavicornis, from the neighbourhood of Lowestoft mollis, and of Viola F.K.Eagle, Esq., F.L.S DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 349 Donors Donations Dried Specimens of Ferns, collected in Northern India by M P Edgeworth, The Rev R Ewing Esq., F.L.S The Herbarium of ' of the the late Thomas Walter, Esq., of South Carolina, Author Dried Specimens of Australian Plants, collected partly in the neighbourhood of Victoria, Port Essington, and partly in Western Australiaj by the late Mr John Fraser, Esq., A.L.S Flora Caroliniana.' John Gould, Esq., F.L.S Gilbert Specimens of Alsophila pruinata, Hymenophyllum chiloense, H Wilsoni, and Cheilanthes sp ?, collected on the Island of Chiloe, by Mr William R J Gray, Esq., of Exe- ter Lobb Capsule of a species of Martynia [M lutea}), from the ' Jardin des Plantes, Daniel Hanbury, Jun., Esq Montpelier.' Dried Specimens of Eichhornia speciosa, from the neighbourhood of Santarem, Para, Brazil Specimens of the Fruit of a new species of Amomum from Liberia, and of a Cardamom, apparently undescribed, from Sierra Leone Specimens of the Fruits of four species of Cardamom, two species of Gardenia, one of Melia, and of Quisqualis indica ?, all from China Pods of Wistaria pinia, known from Shanghae, and those of a species of C