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March 12, 1852, announcing the transmission of a donation 

 for the library of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Vol. XII. Part 1, and Vol. 

 XIV. Parti. London, 1851. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XII. 

 No. 3. Jan. 9, 1852. London. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Feb. 1852. 

 Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. IV. New- 

 ark. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. 8d Series. Vol. XXIII. No. 3. 

 March, 1852. Philada. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



Icones Piscium, or Plates of Rare Fishes. By John Richardson, 

 M. D., F. R. S., &c. &c. London, 1843. 4to.— From the 

 Author. 



A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the East India 

 Company. Printed by order of the Court of Directors. Lon- 

 don, 1851. 8vo. — From Dr. Thomas Horsfield. 



Description of a New Genus of the Family Melaniana, and of many 

 New Species of the Genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh 

 Cuming, Esq., during his Zoological Voyage in the East, and 

 now first described. By Isaac Lea and Henry C. Lea, Phila- 

 delphia. Also, Descriptions of five New Species of Anodontse, 

 collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., in the East Indies. By Isaac 

 Lea. London, 1851. 8vo. — From the Authors. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. IV. No. 9. March, 

 1852. N. Y. and Philada. 8vo.— From the Editors. 



The Committee (Drs. Hays, Ruschenberger and Leidy), 

 to which were referred the communications presented by Mr. 

 Lea, at the last meeting, made report, recommending the publi- 

 cation of the same in the Transactions of the Society; which 

 was agreed to, and the Committee discharged. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 271 to 279, inclusive, and new 

 nominations, Nos. 280, 281, and 282 were read. 



Mr. Lea, from the Committee on Publication, reported the 

 reception, recently, of an increased number of papers referred 



