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» 

 MAY 16th, 1859. 



Vice-President Smith in the chair. 



The Chairman exhibited a specimen of Ilex dahoon from 

 Mount Pleasant, a somewhat rare plant, of which there is no 

 specimen in Ravenel's Herbarium. 



Prof. McCrady presented a specimen of Opmitia frustulenta 

 found on the ramparts of Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island. 



Prof. McCrady made also some remarks upon Anthea flavidula 

 a new species of Actinia, of which there are now eight unde- 

 scribed species known to him as belonging to Charleston Harbor 

 besides Zoanthus."^ 



JUNE 1st, 1859. 

 Vice-President W. Wragg Smith in the chair. 



Contributions to the Library/. 



Die Temperatur von Emden. 1855. From Dr. M. A. F, 

 PresteL 



Jahresberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschafft in Emden 

 fiir 1854-'55-'56-'57 ; Bande XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII. 



Beitrage zur Kenntniss des Klimas von Ostfriesland. Dr. 

 Prestel, Kleine Schriften der Naturfor. Gesell. von Emden. 



Die Gewitter des Jahres 1855, Prestel Naturf. Gesell. von 

 Emden. 



Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae, herausgegeben vom Ento- 

 mologischen Verein in Stettin 1858. 8vo. pamphlet. Presented 

 by Wm. Sharswood, Esq. 



Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin Vol. VIII. p. I. 



* The memoranda made of tlie specific characters of these species were 

 destroyed with the books and papers of Prof. McCrady. in the sa-ck of the city 

 of Columbia, S. C. by Gen Sherman of the U. S. Army, February, 1865. 



