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which may be issued in octavo form ; and that should this Society at 

 any time think it advisable to change the investment, all monies re- 

 ceived from the sale of the same, are to be re-invested and held in 

 Trust for the same purposes, and on the same condition as the original 

 donation." Now therefore, 



Resolved, That the above donation be accepted by this Society on 

 the conditions above mentioned ; that the sincere thanks of this Society 

 be tendered to Dr. Wilson, and that the Secretary be directed to trans- 

 mit to him a copy of this resolution. 



On motion of Mr. McAllister, the following was adopted : — 



Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to frame By-Laws 

 for a Chapter on " Publication Fund," and to suggest any other Laws 

 that may be necessary for the regulation of the Publications of the 

 Society. 



Committee — Messrs. McAllister, Blake and Pine. 



February 13, 1865. 

 Vice-President Pine in the Chair. 

 Eight members present. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



The following works were presented by Dr. Thos. B. Wilson : — 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Index 1848 — 

 I860. 8vo. 



Proceedings of the Essex Institute. Vol 4, No. 4. 8vo. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 for November and December, 1864. 8vo. 



Silliman's American Journal of Science and Arts, for January 

 1864. 8vo. 



AVRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Proceed- 



ings :- 



" Description of three new species of Nocturnal Lepidoptera, by 

 Rev. C. J. S Bethune." 



" Observations upon some American Pierince, by Tryon Reakirt." 

 And were referred to Committees. 



ELECTIONS. 



On ballot, Messrs. Coleman T. Robinson, of New York, and Francis 

 Gr. Sanborn, of Boston, Mass., were elected Corresponding Members 

 of the Society. 



