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STATED MEETINa, February 9. 

 President Bland in the Chair. 

 Fifteen members present. 



REPORTS OP COMMITTEES. 



The Committees on the papers of Messrs. Bland, Norton, Osten Sacken 

 and Couper, read January 12th, reported in favor of their publication in 

 the Proceedings of the Society. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. 9,pajes 

 113 to 160. From the Society. 



Prairie Farmer {Chicago, 111.), A^os. 1 to 6 of Vol. 11. Frosn the 

 Editors. 



Silliman's American Journal of Science and A7-ts, 1818 — 1862. 81 

 Vols. 8vo. Presented by William S. Wilson, on condition that they may 

 not be loaned from the Hall of the Society. 



The following works were deposited by Dr. T. B. Wilson: — 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1830 — 1861. 31 

 Vols. 8vo. 



Illustrations of British Entomology. By J. S. Stephens. 12 Vols. 8vo. 



3Iemoires 2^our servir a V Histoire des Insectes. Par Charles DeGeer. 

 7 Tomes in 8 Vols. 4to. 



Afheeldingen en Beschryvingen der Wantzen. Door Caspar StolV . 1 

 Vol. 4to. 



Afheeldingen en Beschryvingen der Cicaden. Door Caspar StolV. 1 

 Vol. 4to. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



Letters were read 



From William S. Wilson, Esq., dated Philada. Jan. 28th, 1863, acknow- 

 ledging his election to Resident Membership in the Society, and transmit- 

 ting donations to the Library. 



From Messrs. Edward L. Graef, dated Brooklyn, Jan. 17th, 1863; M. 

 Miles, dated Lansing, Mich., Jan. 23rd, 1863, and George D. Smith, dated 



