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Report of the Twenty-fourth Meeting of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, — held at Liverpool, Sept. 1854. 

 London, 1855. 8vo. — From the Association. 



Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. XXIL Part 6. 1855. 

 4to. 



Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. VI. Part 2, 1854-5. 

 Dublin. 8vo. — From the Academy. 



Journal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encourage- 

 ment of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. New 

 Series. Vols. 1, 2, 3. 1853-4-5. London. 8\o.— From the 

 Society. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XVI. No. 

 2. Dec. 14, 1855. London. Svo. — From the Society. 



Flora Batava, of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche 

 Gevvassen. Aflevering 177. Amsterdam. 4to. — From the King 

 of Holland. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XXXI. No. 1. 

 Jan. 1856. Philadelphia. Svo. — F?'om the Institute. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 Vol. VII. No. 12. Nov. Dec. 1855. Philadelphia. 8vo.— From 

 the Academy. 



Theory of the Winds. By Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N.— Read 

 before the American Scientific Association, at Providence, Aug. 

 20, 1855. Accompanied by a Map of the World, showing the 

 extent and direction of the Winds. To which is added Sailing Di- 

 rections for a Voyage around the World; by the same Au- 

 thor. Philadelphia, 1855. 8vo. — From the Author. 



Dr. Le Conte presented a communication entitled " Revision 

 of the Cicindelae of the United States," which was referred to 

 a committee consisting of Prof. Haldeman, Dr. Bridges and 

 Mr. Peale. 



Dr. Kane exhibited a number of sketches illustrative of the 

 ice-growth in the Arctic regions, and described the manner of 

 its accumulation in the great ice-belt of the high northern lati- 

 tudes, — explaining the difference between this and the ordinary 

 shore-ice of other formations. 



Mr. Trego, reporter of the Society, laid upon the table No. 

 54 of the Proceedings, recently published. 



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