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Stated Meeting, October 4. 



Present, sixteen members. 



Dr. Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were announced and read: — 



From the Proprietors of the Bowditch Library, dated Bos- 

 ton, September, 1844, acknowledging the receipt of No. 30 

 of the Proceedings of this Society: — and 



From the Horticultural Society, dated London, August 6, 

 1844, acknowledging the receipt of Nos. 28 and 29, of the Pro- 

 ceedings. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Annales des Mines. Rediges par les Ingenieurs des Mines. Qua- 

 trieme Serie. Tome IV*. VP. Livraison de 1843. Novembre, 

 Decembre. 8vo. — From the Engineers of Mines of Paris. 



Journal Asiatique, ou Recueil des Memoires, etc. Publiee par la So- 

 ciete Asiatique. Quatrieme Serie. Tome III. Nos. 13, 14. 

 Avril, Mai, 1844. 8vo. — From the Asiatic Society of Paris. 



Almanach der koniglichen bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaf- 

 ten fur das Jahr 1844. Munchen. 12mo. — From the Royal 

 Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 



Twenty-third Report of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and 

 Literary Society, at the close of the Session 1842-3. Leeds, 

 1843. 8vo. — From, the Society. 



Description of Six supposed New Species of Parasites. By Henry 

 Denny. Article XXXVIII. of the 12th Volume of the Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History. — From the Author. 



Tijdschrift voor natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. Uitgege- 

 ven door J. Van der Hoeven, M.D., en W. H. de Vriese, M.D. 

 Tiende Deel, 4« Stuk, 1843. Elfde Deel, 1« Stuk, 1844. Elfde 

 Deel, 2" Stuk, 1844. Svo.— From the Editors. 



An Address on the Recent Progress of Geological Research in the 

 United States. Delivered at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the As- 

 sociation of American Geologists and Naturalists, held at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, May, 1844. By Henrj^ D. Rogers, Professor of 

 Geology in the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1844. 

 8vo. — From the Author. 



