LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, lU 



New Haven (elected President of the Natural History Section), 

 and Dr. Torrey of New York. Of the scientific bodies of Europe 

 which had been invited to send delegates to this meeting, the 

 Geological and Linnean Societies of London were the only ones 

 that responded to the caU, and their representatives were also the 

 only Members who had come from Europe for the occasion. The 

 cordial reception which they met with, and the universal desire 

 expressed by the Americans for a more frequent intercourse with 

 their European brethren in science, took, on the occasion of the 

 last General Meeting, a substantive form in the following Eeso- 

 lution, moved by Professor Bache of Washington, and carried 

 by unanimous consent : — " That the American Association recog- 

 nizes with peculiar satisfaction the presence of eminent scientific 

 men from the Old World who have honoured this meeting with 

 their attendance, and it hopes that now, since the ice has been 

 broken, these meetings of fraternity among men of science from 

 difierent continents will be more frequent." On the 20th of 

 August, after the termination of the meeting, Dr. Seemann left 

 Montreal for the Palis of Niagara, the managers of the railroads 

 and steam-boats on the route kindly placing a free pass at his 

 disposal. Thence he proceeded, by way of Buffalo and Indianopolis, 

 to St. Louis, Missouri, where the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 elected him a Corresponding Member. On the 1st of September 

 he quitted St. Louis for New York to pay a visit to Dr. Torrey, 

 and from thence proceeded to Boston, where he was kindly re- 

 ceived by Professor Asa Gray. On the 9th he went on board the 

 steamer ' America,' and after touching at Halifax, reached Liver- 

 pool on the 22nd of the same month, after an absence from 

 England of fifty-nine days. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Dr. Seemann for the 

 readiness with which he had undertaken, and the ability with 

 which he had executed his mission. 



Head, first, a " Note on the Occurrence of Phyllosoma commune 

 on the coast of Cornwall;" by Jonathan Couch, Esq., P.L.S, 

 (See " Zoological Proceedings," vol. ii. p. 146.) 



Read, secondly, the commencement of a Memoir *' On the 

 Agamic Reproduction of i^phides;" by T. H. Huxley, Esq., 

 P.R.S. Communicated by Professor Busk, Zool. Sec. L.S. (See 

 " Transactions," vol. xxii. p. 191.) 



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