1878.] 11 {Annual Meeting. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
Two parts of the nineteenth volume of the Proceedings 
have been issued, and a third is nearly ready. This volume 
thus far contains nine plates, for seven of which, illustrating 
papers by the Rev. George T. Wright, and Col. Theodore 
Lyman, we are indebted to those gentlemen. — 
The second volume of the Memoirs has been concluded by 
the publication of a second part of Prof. Hyatt’s “ Revision 
of the Porifera,” and a number including appendices to 
articles by Mr. 8S. H. Scudder and Baron Osten Sacken, to- 
gether with an index, etc., to the whole volume. 
MEETINGS. 
Sixteen General Meetings, nine meetings of the Section of 
Entomology, and eleven of the Section of Botany have been 
held. The average attendance at the former has been forty 
persons, the largest number being ninety-six, and the least 
twenty-one. The attendance at the meetings of both sec- 
tions has averaged about ten persons. Nearly forty papers 
read at these meetings have been published. 
LECTURES. 
Unfortunately publie lectures have necessarily been given 
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up the past winter. 
MEMBERS. 
Four Honorary, seven Corresponding, and twenty-two As- 
sociate Members have been elected during the year. The 
actual membership of the Society at present includes : — 
Corporate and Associate Members . : é : : : 440 
Patrons 4 : : : : < : : : - : 91 
Corresponding Members. : : - : : : : 232 
Honorary Members . ates : : : : ‘ 4 22 
