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wall, 49 ; Museum at Saffron Waldcn, 

 Essex, 216 ; Norfolk and Norwich Museum, 

 217. 332 ; Sussex Scientific and Literary 

 Institution, 218. 440 ; Bristol Zoological 

 Garden, 218. 554; Bury St. Edmunds Botanic 

 Garden, 218 ; South London Mechanics' 

 Institution, 219; Entomological Society, 

 Prize Essay, 219 ; Edinburgh Botanical So- 

 ciety, 271 ; Edinburgh, Proposal for establish- 

 ing a Zoological Garden, 327 ; Nottingham 

 Natural History Society, 330 ; Durham 

 University Museum of Subjects of Natural 



History, 331 ; Manchester Museum, S32'; 

 Belfast Museum, 333. 559 ; United Service 

 Museum, 437 ; Medico- Botanical Society, 

 438 ; Zoological Society of London, 438 ; 

 Entomological Club of London, 439 ; Prac- 

 tical Entomological Society, 439 ; Warwick- 

 shire Natural History Society, 439 ; Shrop- 

 shire and North Wales Natural History and 

 Antiquarian Society, 440 ; Ludlow Na- 

 tural History Society, 441 ; Edinburgh 

 Botanical Society, 441 ; Yorkshire West 

 Riding Proprietary School, 441. 



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