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Mr. Price, Mr. Fraley, Mr. H. J. Williams, Mr. Hopper 

 and Judge Sharswood were appointed tlie committee. 



On motion of Mr. Lesley, the Secretaries were authorized 

 to complete the set of the Society's Proceedings and Trans- 

 actions in the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 receiving in return such duplicates as are in that Library. 



The Secretaries were instructed to prepare a reply to the 

 communication of Herr C. Kesselmeyer, transmitted to 

 this Society by Mr. Chas. 11. Meyer, German Consul, and 

 member of the Centennial Commission of the German Em- 

 pire (224 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia), stating that the 

 regulations of the Society will not admit of a compliance 

 with his request. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting^ December 11th, 1875. 



Present, 10 members. 



Yice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Donations for the library were received from M. Donisotte 

 of Turin; the Royal Prussian and Belgian Academies; Revue 

 Politique; London N"ature ; Boston Natural History Society ; 

 Cambridge Museum ; Franklin Institute ; Medical News, and 

 the U. S. Department of the Interior. 



The committee on the paper of Drs. Le Conte and Horn, 

 entitled " On the Rhyncophora of North America," reported 

 in favor of its publication as a separate Volume (XV, No. 

 96, of the Proceedings). On motion, it was so ordered, with 

 an appropriation of fifty dollars f ">r ilkistrations ; the Secre- 

 tary being authorized to commence the minutes of 1876 

 as No. 97, Vol. XVI. 



The Committee to -whicli was referred the Memoir on the Rhyncophora 

 of N. America by Drs. LeConte and Horn, report that they have exam- 

 ined the MSS. and find tlie following facts. 



The memoir consists of about five hundred MSB., equal to about four 

 hundred j)rinted pages, and require a few simple wood cuts in the text, 

 costing about twenty-five dollars, and one lithograph plate costing about 

 twenty-five dollars. Dr. Horn proposes to draw on the wood himself. 



