1879.] "DO 



Pending nominations 878 to 884 were balloted for, and 

 after scrutiny of the ballot boxes by the presiding officer, 

 the following persons were declared duly elected members 

 of the Society : 



Prof. Charles Martius, of Montpellier, France. 



Sir George Biddle Airy, Astronomer Royal of Great 

 Britain. 



Mr. Charles M. Wheatley, of Phoenixville, Pa. 



Mr Andrew S. McCreath, ot Harrisburg, Pa. 



Prof. Ira Remsen, of Baltimore, Md. 



Prof. E. Reneviers, of Lausanne, Switzerland. 



Mr. Benjamin B. Comegys, of Philadelphia. 

 And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, August 15, 1879. 



Present, 2 members. 



Secretary, Dr. J. L. LeConte, in the Chair. 



A portrait of George Ord was presented by Dr. M. Hay, 

 for insertion in the album. 



Letters accepting membership were received from Mr. 

 Charles M. Wheatley, dated Phoenixville, July 24, and Mr. 

 Andrew S. McCreath, dated Harrisburg, Pa., July 24. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Reale 

 Academia dei Lincei in Rome (101, List. Cat. IIT); and the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, July 21 (103, List. Cat. 

 III). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Zoologico-Botani- 

 cal Society of Vienna, May 20 ; and the Natural History So- 

 ciety of Gorlitz, March 2, 1879. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Insti- 

 tute of France; the Geological Institute, Zoologico-Botani- 

 cal Society, and Anthropological Society at Vienna ; M. 

 Joseph de Lenhosack, of Buda-Pest ; the Societies at Gor- 



