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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 8th October, 1879, at King's College, Strand, W.C. 

 The President (De. Beale, F.R.S.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 11th June last were read and con- 

 firmed, 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, Prof. F.— Gli Uffici delle Piante Crittogame. 24 pp. 



8vo. Milano, 1873 The Author. 



Castracane, Conte Ab. F. — Se e qual valore sia da attribuere 

 nella determiuazione delle specie al numero delle strie nelle 

 diatomee. 19 pp. 4to. Roma, 1879. (Extracted from 

 ' Atti deir Accademia Pontificia de' Nuovi Lincei ') . . . . Ditto. 



Coues, E.— Birds of the Colorado Valley. Part I. 807 pp., I ^'surwfofThl 

 70 woodcuts. 8vo. Washington, 1878 j Territories. 



Coues, E., and J. A. Allen. — Material for a Bibliography of 



North American Mammals. 4to. Washington, 1877 .. Ditto. 



Cunningham, D. D., M.B. — On certain effects of Starvation on 

 Vegetable and Animal Tissues. 47 pp., 11 figs. 4to. Cal- 

 cutta, 1879 The Author. 



Lanzi, Dr. C. M. — I Funghi della Provincia di Eoma. (Ex- 

 tracted from 'Atti dell" Accademia Pontificia de' Nuovi 

 Lincei.') 32 pp., 1 plate. 4to. Eoma, 1879 Ditto. 



Lewis, T. R. M. B. — The Microscopic Organisms found in the 

 Blood of Man and Animals, and their relation to Disease. 

 91 pp., 3 plates, and 27 figs. 4to. Calcutta, 1879 •• •• -C*«o. 



Lyngbye, H.C. — Tentamen HydrophytologisE Danicaj. 248 pp., 



70 plates. 4to. Hafnise, 1819 _ .. Dr. Millar. 



Eeuss, J. D. — Eepertorium Comraentationum a Societatibus 

 Litterariis Editarum. 2 vols. 574 pp. and 604 pp. 4to. 

 Gottingse, 1801-2 Mr. Crisp. 



Schwann, Th., Manifestation en I'Honneur de M. le Professeiu-, 

 — Lie'ge, 23 Juin, 1878. Liber Memorialis. Publie' par 

 la Commission Organisatrice. 236 pp., and photograph. 

 8vo. Dusseldorf, 1879 The Commission. 



Smithsonian Institution.— Annual Report of the Board of 



Eegents for 1877. 8vo. Washington, 1878 The Institute. 



University College. — Catalogue of Books in the General Library 

 and in the South Library. 545 pp. and 536 pp. Vols. I. 

 and II. A-c, D-N. 8vo. London, 1879 The College. 



Beck's Eevolving Microscope Table and Lamp Mr. J. Badcock. 



Slide of Scales of a species of the genus Mormo Mr. J. Beck. 



{Representatives 

 C Brooke 

 F.R.S. 

 Photograph of Dr. A. Farre, F.E.S. (a Past President of the 



Society) Dr.Farre, F.R.S. 



