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Tebbut, Sydney; K. K. G. R. Vienna; K. K. Hof, Vienna: 
K. P. Acad., and D. Geol. G. Berlin ; Meteor. Obs., Dorpat ; 
the Societies at Halle, Freiberg i. B., Harlem, Rotterdam 
and Leeds; R. Institute at Venice; Révue Politique; Lon- 
don Nature; R. Asiatic Society; R. Geog. Society ; Met. 
Com. R. 8.; Yale College; College of Pharmacy ;-and E. D. 
Cope; U.S. Coast Survey ; Mexican Observatory ; and Edi- 
tors of Gazeta Cientifica at Venezuela, Caraccas. 
Mr. Price continued the> reading of his paper on Sylvi- 
culture. 
Mr. Blasius read a communication on the cause of the 
loss of the U. 8. ship Huron. See page 212. 
Mr. Blasius postponed the reading of another paper, enti- 
tled ‘“‘ Modern Meteorological Method ” to the next meeting. 
The Treasurer’s Annual Report was read. . 
Pending nominations Nos. 840 to 850 were read. 
The following Report of the Secretaries on Prof. Frazer’s 
Resolutions was read : 
“The Secretaries having considered the Resolution offered by Prof. 
Frazer, November 16, 1877, respectfully report that in their opinion the 
action of the Society at a recent meeting, ordering the Secretaries to cause 
the date of each paper published in the Proceedings to be printed at the 
foot of the page, is sufficient for all purposes respecting the right of prior- 
ity to authors of said papers and that no further action need be taken by 
the Society. 
In explanation of this report a letter from Dr. LeConte 
was read, referring to the printed Rules of Nomenclature 
adopted by the Entomological Club, Cambridge, July 8, 
1877, and papers by Dr. LeConte published in the Canadian 
Entomelogist, October, 1874, and November, 1874, entitled 
“On some changes in the Nomenclature of North American 
Coleoptera,” &e., and “ On Entomological Nomenclature.” 
The consideration of the subject was, in Prof. Frazer’s 
absence, postponed to the next meeting. 
The following is the text of the letter: 
Illness prevents me from being present at the meeting of the Society this 
evening, and I must therefore write what I wish to say in favor of the re- 
port of the Secretaries upon the resolutions offered by Prof. Frazer, at the 
last meeting. 
The definition of what constituted a proper publication of a generic or 
