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The Society voted to accept tlie report, and discliarge the 

 Committee, with their thanks. 



Tlie Committee, appointed by the Council, upon the 

 "Walker Prizes, announced that a circular had been pre- 

 pared, which was distributed to the members present. 



On motion of Dr. J. B. S. Jackson, the Society voted to in- 

 vite the Massachusetts Medical Association to \isit the 

 Museum during their coming Session in this city. 



The Secretary read the following list of letters received 

 since the last announcement : — 



From the Royal Society of London, July 27th, 1864 ; the Natur- 

 historischer Verein der preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens, 

 October 26th, 1864; the AthenaBum, London, Nov. 3d, 1864; the 

 Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rot- 

 terdam; the Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Basel; the Sencken- 

 bergische JSTaturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt, a. M. ; the Natur- 

 •wissenschaftUche Yerein, Luneburg; the Entomological Society of 

 London, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Dec. 13th, 1864 ; 

 the Kongehge Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Kjobenhavn, Dec. 27th, 

 1864, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications; the Lin- 

 nean Society, London, October 7th, 1864 ; the St. Gallischen naturwis- 

 senschaftliche Gesellschaft, St. Gallen ; and the Real Academia de Cien- 

 cias, Madi'id, October 26th, 1864 ; the Naturforschende Gesellschaft 

 in Emden, the Naturhistorischer Verein in Augsburg, the Academic 

 Royale des Sciences a Amsterdam ; the Kaiserliche Akademie der 

 Wissenschaften, Wien ; the Accademia delle Scienze dell' Istituto di 

 Bologna ; the Konigiiche Siichsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 

 Leipzig; and the Societe des Sciences de Finlande, Helsingfors, De- 

 cember 13th, 1864, acknowledging the same and presenting their own 

 publications ; the Academie Imperiale des Sciences, etc., de Lyon, 

 February 1st, 1864; the Geological Survey of India, June 20th, and 

 Nov. 5th, 1864 ; the Societe Imperiale d'Agriculture, etc., de Lyon, 

 Aug. 24th, 1864 ; the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft zu Niirnberg, Sept. 

 20th, 1864; the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein, Hamburg; the Konig- 

 liche-Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, and the Natur- 

 forschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt, a. M., Oct. 26th, 1864; the Albany 

 Institute, Albany, N. Y., November 2d, 1864 ; and the Societe Royale 

 des Sciences a Upsal, December 13th, 1864, presenting their pubhca- 

 tions ; the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft zu Hannover, October 26th, 

 1864, presenting their publications and asking for back numbers of the 

 Society's; BibUotheca Universitatis Lugduno-Batava3, December 13th, 



FROCEEDIiTGS B. S. If. H. — VOL. X. 11 JFEBEUARY, 1866. 



