RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 671 



The following gentlemen were elected Foreign Honorary INIem- 

 bers : — 



In Class I., Section 1 (Mathematics and Astronomy) : — 



Johann Oskar Backlund, of St. Petersburg. 



In Class I., Section 2 (Physics) : — 



Max Planck, of Berlin. 



In Class I., Section 3 (Chemistry) : — 



Fritz Haber, of Berlin; Walter Nernst, of Berlin. 



In Class II., Section 1 (Geology, Mineralogy and Physics of the 

 Globe) : — 



Viktor Goldschmidt, of Heidelberg, Germany. 



In Class II., Section 2 (Botany) : — 



John Briciuet, of Geneva, Switzerland; Ignatz Urban, of Berlin; 

 Eugene Warming, of Copenhagen. 



In Class III., Section 4 (Literature and the Fine Arts) : — 



Sir Sidney Lee, of London. 



The following communication was gi^•en: — 



Professor R. DeC. Ward. "The Weather Element in the Climate 

 of New England." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



"The Pathological Action of Radiant Energy on the Eye." By F. 

 H. Verhoeff. Presented by Louis Bell. 



" The Influence of the Magnetic Characteristics of the Iron Core of 

 an Induction Coil upon the Manner of Establishment of a Steady 

 Current in the Primary Circuit." By B. Osgood Peirce. 



" Laboulbeniales Parasitic on Chrysomelidae." By Roland Thax- 

 ter. 



