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Gocculus Ferrandianus, Presl. Apparently confined to the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



HoLOPEiRA CoNCHOPHTLLA., Miers. Coeculus Ferrandianus^ 

 Seem, (non Gaud.) Fl. Vitiensis, and refers to specimens in herb. 

 Hook. (Hillebrand) and Seemann's n. 2281. 



Myonima umhellata, referred as a i^ynonyme to Canthium lucidum, 

 should, according to the specimens (ex Seemann, Fl. Vitiensis), be i-e- 

 ferred to a Straussia. 



Under number 400, for S. Freyienetianum read S. Freycinetianum. 



Under number 312, insert (M. & B. 40) ; 324, insert (M. & B. 305) ; 

 489, insert (M. & B. 36). 



After 422 insert 422^ Euxolus viridis, Moq. 1. c. p. 273. (M. 

 & B. 67). 



Five b^indred and seT-euty-second Meeting. 



October 9, 1866. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Professor Horsford presented a communication on the pop- 

 ular doctrine that sunlight retards combustion. 



Professor Henry presented a communication on the causes 

 and physical nature of fogs, and on the means of warning 

 vessels, befogged on our coasts, by sound-signals. 



Five hundred and seventy-third Meeting. 



November 14, 1866. — Statute Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters relative to ex- 

 changes ; also letters from Professor Noah Porter of Yale 

 College, Chief Justice Ira Perley of New Hampshire, and Dr. 

 A. W. Chapman of Apalachicola, in acknowledgment of their 

 election into the Academy as Associate Fellows. 



The President called the attention of the Academy to the 

 recent decease of Mr. Samuel Swett of the Resident Fellows. 



The President announced that since the last meeting Mr. 

 George Peabody had founded an important institution for the 



