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I am pleased to learn that Mr. Daruty has been 

 appointed his successor, as I have a very high opinion 

 of him as a rising naturalist, and I am sure that the 

 time is not far distant when the Royal Society and the 

 Mauritians generally will feel proud of him as they do 

 of that celebrated man Dr. Brown Sequard who was 

 a graduate of the Royal College of Port Loiiis. 



With the kindest regards to the officers and 

 members of your Society. 

 I remain, 



Sir, 

 Your Obedient Servant, 



Nicolas Pike. 



La Societe vote des remerciments au Colonel Pike 

 et decide que la liste envoyee par lui sera imprimee 

 avec les Transations de la Societe. {Voir Annexe B.) 



Le Secretaire donne lecture d'une lettre de M. 

 J. F. Anderson qui s'eseuse de ne pouvoir assister h 

 la reunion et qui envoie une note sur le Lodoicea Sey- 

 chellarum ou coco de mer. {Voir Annexe C.) 



Le Secretaire lit egalement la lettre suivante du 

 professeur C. H. Fernald, de Maine State College,U.S.: 



Orono Me., October 9, 1879. 



To the President or Secretary of the Royal Society of 

 Arts and Sciences, 



Dear Sir, 

 I am at work upon a revision of the Tortricidoe of 

 the world, a family of moths at present much ne- 



