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plishment of the work sketched out by the Union, all interested 

 in furthering its aims are earnestly requested to assist, as very 

 much remains to be accomplished. The conveners above named 

 will be glad to receive information in any way bearing upon their 

 respective departments, and such aid will be duly acknowledged 

 in the reports. Those willing to assist should communicate with 

 the conveners. 



THE PERTHSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM- 

 By F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



( Concluded from page 157.) 



Since the previous portion of this article appeared some improve- 

 ments have been adopted in the method of exhibiting the Perth- 

 shire Mammals, which it may be well to notice before proceeding 

 further. 



Each of the classes which is represented in the district has a 

 large placard indicating the chief characters ; each genus has a 

 smaller card showing the generic characters and the number of 

 British and Perthshire species ; each species has also a card giving 

 information about its general, British, and Perthshire distribution, 

 and its habits and food ; and each specimen bears a label with 

 name, locality, date, and donor, &c. By this means more infor- 

 mation is given than was done by restricting the labels to the 

 specimens. 



To resume where we left off. As yet the only order of the 

 Insecta that has been arranged is the Lepidoptera, which, as has 

 been already mentioned, are contained in cabinets below the table- 

 cases. In order to illustrate the local distribution, room for a 

 whole row (from the back to the front of the drawer) of specimens 

 has been allotted to each species. Each specimen has on the pin 

 underneath it a number referring to the number in the "cabinet- 

 book," in which the locality, date, and donor are duly entered. The 

 greater part of the local Lepidoptera are already represented in the 

 collection, but, in most cases, as yet by a few specimens only. 

 Collections of several other orders of Insecta have been obtained, 

 but are not yet arranged. 



Of the other Invertebrata no local collections have yet been 

 made. 



In the Botanical Department the herbarium of Flowering Plants 



