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THE following were elected Foreign Members of the Royal Society, on Thursday, May 31: Prof. Edmond Becquerel, of Paris, distinguished for his researches on the effects of light on bodies, especially with reference lo phosphorescence; Prof. Hermann Kopp, of Heidelberg, for his researches on atomic volumes and boiling-points; Prof. Eduard F. W. Pflüger, of Bonn, for his researches in physiology, especially in relation to irritability of nerves, respiration, and animal heat; and Prof. Julius Sachs, of Würzburg, for his researches in botany, especially vegetable physiology.