of descriptive Catalogues of species made as 

 complete as possible with correct synonyms. 



3. The Society shall consist in the first instance of 

 those persons who shall forward to the Con- 

 ductor of this Magazine a letter expressing 

 their intention to aid in its formation. As soon 

 as twenty-five persons shall have expressed such 

 intention a meeting shall be held, at which every 

 such person shall be invited to assist ; and all 

 further proceedings shall be under the immediate 

 control of a majority of such persons as shall 

 thus meet together after a week's notice. 



4. The Conductor of this Magazine engages to keep 

 a list of such persons as may express their inten- 

 tion of assisting in the formation of this Society. 

 He will also pay all expences which may be in- 

 curred, and keep a regular account of receipts 

 and expenditures until the formation of the 

 Society by the act of so many of the first twenty- 

 five persons as may meet together for that 

 purpose. When the Society is actually formed, 

 it will of course repay such reasonable sums as 

 may have been expended. 



The Conductor of this Magazine ventures to invite 

 Noblemen and Gentlemen who are interested in the 

 advancement of the particular branches of science 

 which he proposes as the objects of pursuit by this 

 Society, to come forward and unite in its foundation : 

 particularly as the collections it is proposed to form 



