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MONDAY, JULY 29th, 1878. 

 The President, W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., in the Chair. 



MEMBER ELECTED. 



The Secretary announced that Baron N. de Miklucho-Maclay 

 had been elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 



DONATIONS. 



From the Soci6t6 Entomologique de Belgique : Oompte Rendu 



Serie II., No. 51. 

 From Baron F. Yon Miiller : Organic Constituents of Plants, by 



Dr. Willstein, translated by the Donor. 

 From Dr. R. Schomburgk : Forest Tree Planting and its influence 



on Climate, by the Donor. 

 From Baron Miklucho-Maclay : Anthropoligische Bemerkungen 

 ueber die Papuas der Maclay-Kuste in Neu-Guinea ; Ueber 

 Brachyocephalitat bei den Papuas von Neu- Guinea ; Ethno- 

 logische Bemerkungen ueber die Papuas der Maclay-Kuste 

 in Neu-Guinea ; Do. do., Part II. ; Meine Zweite Excursion 

 nach Neu- Guinea, 1874 ; Einiges iiber die Dialecte der 

 Melanesischen Volkerothaften in der Malayischen Halbinsel ; 

 Ethnologische Excursionen in der Malayischen Halbinsel, 

 Nov., 1874— Oct., 1875., by the Donor. 

 Baron Miklucho-Maclay advocated the establishment of a 

 Zoological Station, near Sydney, and explained the benefits 

 to scientific research afibrded by such institutions. The sug- 

 gestion was warmly supported by the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, 

 F.G.S, &c., and other members of the society. 



PAPERS read. 



Descriptions of seven new species of Terrestial and Marine Shells 

 from Australia. By John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., Corr. M. Roy. 

 Soc. Tas., &c., &c. 





