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thias, Lin. ; Raia diaphanes, Mitch. ; Trygon centroura, Mitch. ; 

 Myliobatis ? Petromyzon Americanos, Lc Sueur. 



A Letter was received from William W. Andrews, Esq., 

 of Malta, enclosing two specimens of Insects from a Collec- 

 tion in that place 96 years old, and perfectly preserved 

 between thin sheets of mica cemented at the edges. 



Prof. F. Hall, of Washington, made some statements 

 relative to the collection of objects being made under the 

 direction of the National Institute at Washington. The 

 Cabinet is receiving constant accessions from members of 

 Congress and others, but most of all from the collections 

 made by the Exploring Expedition. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Memoires sur le Canada, depuis 1749 jusqu' a'1760. 8vo. pam. 

 Quebec. 1838. From the Literary and Historical Society of 

 Quebec. 



Remarks upon the Coral Formations of the Pacific, by Jos. P. 

 Couthouy. 8vo. pam. Boston. From the Author. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History for September, No- 

 vember and December, 1841. By Subscription. 



Monograph of the Limniades, No. 4. From the Author, «S. S. 

 Haldeman. 



Chimie Experimental et Raisonnee, par M. Baume. 8vo. Paris, 

 1773. 



Essais ; ou Receuil de Memoires sur plusieurs Points de Mine- 

 ralogie, par M. Macquart. 4to. Paris, 1789. 



Elemens de Chimie appliquee a la Medicine et aux Arts, par 

 M. Orfila. 8vo. 2. Paris, 1819. From Wm. B. Foivle. 



History of British Birds, indigenous and migratory. By John 

 Macgillivray. 8vo. 2. Lond. 1837. 



General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, and Manual of Com- 

 parative Anatomy. By Tho. Rymer Jones. Svo. Lond. 1841. 



Courtis Fund. 



The President read a letter from Dr. John Torrey of New 

 York, acknowledging his election as an Honorary Member 

 of the Society. 



Adjourned. 



F. A. EDDY, Rec. Sec. 



