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phaga. He had made complete dissections of Mams' multisGutata, 

 Myrmecophaga jubata, and of Cyclothurus didactylus, and partial ones 

 of Tamandua hivittata, PhoUdotus Indicus, and Cy. fulvus, and had 

 incorporated the researches of Cuvier, Eapp, Meckel, Owen, Humphry, 

 and Galton. Thus his materials included five out of the seven sub- 

 genera and seven species of the family. "With the assistance of the 

 grant voted to him by the Academy out of the Parliamentary grant in 

 aid of Scientific Researches, he had been enabled to purchase several 

 fine specimens of these Edentates. 



[This Paper will appear as Part 14, Vol. XXY. of the " Trans- 

 actions " of the Academy, with two Plates.] 



Febktjaet 8, 1875. 

 WrLLiAM Stokes, M. D., F. R. S., President, in the Chair. 



TheEarlof Rosse, F. R. S., signed the Roll, andwas admitted a Member. 



The Secretary, for Dr. Doberck, read a paper '' On /a^ Bootis con- 

 sidered as a Revolving Double-star." 



[This paper will appear as Part 13, Vol. XXV., Science, of the 

 Transactions.] 



The Secretary, for J. G. Baker, P. L. S., read a " List of the 

 Myrtles of the Seychelles, with a description of two new species, 

 Eugenia {Syzygium) Wrightii and E. Sechellarum.''^ 



[This Paper wUl appear with illustrations in the Proceedings, 

 Second Series, Vol. II., Science, Part 2.] 



The Secretary, for G. H. Kiaahan, M. R. I. A., read Report No. 3, 

 " On the Microscopical Structure of Ingenite Rocks." 



[This Paper will appear in the Proceedings, Second Series, Vol. II., 

 Science, Part 2.] 



The Secretary, read a paper by M. Donovan, Esq., '' On some 

 further improvements of the comparable self-acting registering 

 Hygrometer." 



[This Paper will appear in the Proceedings, Second Series, Vol. II., 

 Science, Part 2.] 



The Treasurer exhibited a volume containing a collection of Drawings. 



The Drawings in this volume were all by Miss Carruthers, daughter 

 of the late Mr. James Carruthers, of Glenravel, Belfast, a well-known 

 collector of Ii-ish Antiquities. 



