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todon, and the other probably, Dr. Hays thought, a Tetracau- 

 ledon; the latter denominated, by Mr. Koch, Missourium 

 Kochii. 



Stated Meeting, October 16. 

 Present, thirty-one members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Journal Asiatique, 3e Serie. No. 50 (February), 51 (March), 53 



(April, May, and June), 1840; making the 9th Volume of the 



Series, except No. 49 (January), which is wanting. — From the 



Asiatic Society of Paris. 

 Commentationes Societatis Regise Scientiarum Gottingensis recen- 



siores. Vol. VII. ad A. 1828—31. 4to. Gottingse, 1832.— 



From the Society. 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Vol. XVIII. Part 



Third. 4to. London, 1840. — From the Society. 

 List of the Linnean Society of London. 4to. 1840. — From the 



same. 

 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London to March 17, 1840, 



inclusive. — From the same. 

 Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. Serie Se- 



conda. Tomo 1. 4to. Torino, 1839. — From the Society. 

 Fisica de' Corpi Ponderabili ossia Trattato della Costituzione generale 



de' Corpi, del Cavaliere Amedeo Avogadro, dell' Ordine civile di 



Savoia, &c. &c. Tomo 2. 8vo. Torino, 1838. — From the 



Author. 

 Public Documents of the 1st Session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. 



1. On the Tobacco Trade. 2. On the National Defence and 



National Foundries. 3. On the Manufacture, &c. of Salt. 4. 



On the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the 



Year 1838. — From Mr. James H. Caiistin, of Washington. 

 A Complete Treatise on Electricity, in Theory and Practice, with 



