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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meetings of 9th April, 1879, at King's College, Strand, W.C. 

 Db. Beale, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 12th March last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges) received since the 



last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society given to 



the donors. 



From 



Ardissone, F. — ^Le Floridee Italiche descritte ed illustrate. 



Vol. i. fasc. v., 2 plates, 8vo. Milan, 1874 The Author. 



La Vie des Cellules et I'lndividualite' dans le Eepjne 



Ve'ge'tal. Traduit par A. Champseix. 8vo. Milan, 1874 Ditto. 



Carus, J. Victor, and W. Engelmann. — Bibliotheca Zoologica. 



2 vols. 8vo. Leipzig, 1861 Dr. Beale. 



Gegenbaur, C. — Grundziige der Vergleichenden Anatomie. 



(319 woodcuts.) 2teAufl. 8vo. Leipzig, 1870 .. .. Ditto. 



Home, Sir Everard, Bart. — Lectures on Comparative Anatomy. 



(171 plates.) Vols. iii. and iv. 4to. London, 1823 .. Mr. Crisp, 



Orth, Dr. J. — A Compend of Diagnosis in Pathological Ana- 

 tomy. Translated by Dr. F. C. Shattuck and Dr. G. K. 

 Sabine. Eevised by Dr. R. H. Fitz. (2 plates). Svo. 

 Boston, 1879 Ditto. 



Pelletan, Dr. J. — Le Microscope: son Emploi et ses Applica- 

 tions. (4 plates and 278 woodcuts.) Svo. Paris, 1876 .. Dr. Beale. 



Roper, F. C. S.— Flora of Eastbourne. Svo. London, 1875 .. The Author. 



Siebold, C. Th. v., and H. Stannius. — Comparative Anatomy. 

 Translated from the German and edited by Dr. W. J. 

 Burnet. Vol.i. Anatomy of the Invertebrata. Svo. London 

 andTJoston, 1854 Dr. Beale. 



The Books which the Council had decided to purchase out of the 

 Quekett Fund, in pursuance of their last Report, were stated to be tho 

 following : — 



Encyclopedia Britannica. 9th ed. Vols i.-ix. 4to. Edinburgh, 1875-9. 



Botanischer Jahresbericht. Vols, i.-iv. Svo. Berlin, 1874-8. 



Zoological Record. Vols, i.-xiii. Svo. London, 1875-78. 



Ehrenberg, C. G. — Mikrogeologie, and Continuation. Fol. Leipzig, 1854-6. 



Gegenbaur, 0. — Elements of Comparative Anatomy. (Translated by Bell and 



Lankester.) Svo. London, 1878. 

 Haeckel, E.— Die Radiolarien. Fol. Berlin, 1862. 

 Hertwig, R. — Der Organismus der Radiolarien. 4to. Jena, 1879. 

 Huxley, T. H. — Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebnited Animals. Svo. London, 



1871. 



Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals. Svo. London, 1877. 



Nicholson, H. A. — Manual of Zoology. 5th ed. Svo. Edinburgh and London, 



1878. 



Manual of Palaeontology. Svo. Edinburgh and London, 1872. 



Ranvier, L. — Traite' teclmique d'Histologie. Fasc. 1-5. Svo. Paris, 1S75-S. 

 Stein, F. Ritter von. — Der Organismus der lufusionsthiere. Parts I. II and 



III. (1st Half). Fol. Leipzig, 1859-78. 

 Thuret, G., and E. Bornct. — Etudes Phycologiques. Fol. Paris, 1878. 



The books were laid upon the table. 



