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to the Provincial Governors b}^ the Minister of 'Fomento,' published in 

 the Official Gazette, they were directed to make use of the military forces 

 stationed within their respective districts, to aid the rural population in this 

 object. It was stated that thirteen provinces were threatened with this 

 plague. 



June 7, 1876. 

 Prof. J. 0. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., &c.. President, in the chair. 



Additions to the Library. ^ 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors : — ' Proceedings of the Pioyal Society,' nos. 108 and 169 ; by the 

 Society. ' Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology),' no. 63 ; by the 

 Societ3% ' The Naturalist : Journal of the West Riding Consolidated 

 Naturalists' Society,' no. xi. ; by the Society. 'The Zoologist' for June ; 

 by the Editor. ' Newman's Entomologist ' for June ; by the Editor. ' The 

 Entomologists' Monthly Magazine' for June; by the Editors. 'Nature,' 

 nos. 340 to 344 ; by the Editor. ' Conspectus of the Species of Paratel- 

 phusa, an Indo-Malayan Genus of Fresh-water Crabs;' by the Author, 

 J. Wood-Mason, Esq. ' The Geographical Distribution of Animals,' 9 vols. ; 

 by the Author, A. II. Wallace, Esq. ' The Canadian Entomologist,' vol. 

 viii., nos. 2, 3 and 4 ; by the Editor. 'The American Naturahst,' vol. x., 

 no. 5 ; by the Editor. ' New and Interesting Insects from the Carboniferous 

 of Cape Breton ; ' by the Author, Samuel H. Scudder, Esq., of Cambridge, 

 Mass. 'L'Abeille,' nos. 172 and 173; by the Editor, M. de Marseul. 

 * Von der Challenger-Expedition,' Briefe von R. v. Willemoes-Suhm an 

 C. Th. V. Siebold (vii.); by Prof. v. Siebold. ' Bulletino delk Societa 

 Entomologica Italiana,' 1876, trimestre 1 ; by the Society. 'Bulletin de 

 la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou,' 1875, no. 4 ; by the 

 Society. ' Note sur une Secretion propre aux Coleopteres Dytiscides,' par 

 Felix Plateau ; by the Author. ' Notes pour servir a I'histoire des Insectes 

 du Genre Phylloxera, par J. Lichtenstein (de Montpellier), Extrait des 

 Annales Agronomiques, torn, ii., no. 1 ; presented by the Author. Memoires 

 de I'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de 

 Belgique, 4to, tome xli., le and 2e parties ; ' Memoires Couronnes et 

 Memoires des Savants Etrangers, 4to, tome xxviii. and tome xxxix., le 

 partie ; ditto (collection in 8vo), tomes xxiv., xxv. and xxvi. ; ' Bulletino de 

 I'xicademie Royale de Belgique,' 2ud Serie, tomes xxxvii. to xl. ; ' Annuaire 

 de I'Academie Royale de Belgique,' 1875 and 1870. ' Notices Biographiqucs 

 et Bibliographiques,' coucernant les Membres et les Correspondants, ainsi 

 que les Associes residents 1874 ; by the Academic Royale de Belgique. 



