TO ADVERTISERS. 



Advertisements are inserted on the Cover of The Naturalist, on the following very low 

 Terms :— J of a page, 5s. — J of a page, 8s. 6d. — ^ of a page, 16s. — Whole page, 30s. 

 Bills stitched in, 403, 



Advertisements to be sent not later than the loth of the Month. 



BRITISH SHELLS AND FOSSILS. 



E. DAMON, OF Weymouth, Dorset, 



."^applies Collections of BRITISH SHELLS, fine specimens, coerectly named, 100 speciesi 

 for 52s. 6d. ; 200, 6 guineas; 300, 12 guineas. An Elementary Collection of 50 species 

 (100 specimens) for 15s. Specimens sent by post. Improved Dredges, for collecting Shells, 

 Zoophytes, &c. Neat Labels for British Shells. List of British Shells, 6d. Collections, 

 illustrating 100 Genera of recent Shells, 30s. ; Ditto, of 500, 1,000, 2,000 species, equally 

 I'easonable. Labels for recent Shells. 



Fossils. — Saurian Kemains, Pentacrinite, Ophiura, Fish, Shells, &c., characteristic of 

 Blue Lias and otlier Oolite Strata. Elementary Collections of Fossils, to assist in the 

 study of Geology, £1. and upwards. Labels for Fossil Shells, 



THE ENTOMOLOGISTS' ANNUAL for 1856. 



TO ENTOMOLOGISTS, 



It is particularly requested, that Notices of New British Species may be sent, ou or 

 before October 10th, 1855, to the respective authors : 



Geodephaga to Rev. J. F. Dawson. 



Coleoptera in general to E. W. Janson, Esq. 

 Hymenoptera ... to Frederick Smith, Esq. 

 And Lepidoptera ... to 



H. T. STAINTON. 

 Mountsfield, Leivisham, August i8o5. 



N. B.— The ENTOMOLOGISTS' ANNUAL for 1855 (for which a steady weekly demand 

 still continues) already rejoices in 



A Circulation of nearly 1,000. 



SITUATION WANTED, 



As Keeper of a public or private Museum ; Assistant to a professional naturalist, or 

 exploring party ; or an appointment to any situation requiring a practical knowledge of. 

 and a strong predilection for, whatever pertains to Natural History. 



The advertiser is a middle-aged man; has long been accustomed to shoot, collect, pre- 

 pare, set up, and classify, specimens of Quadrupeds, Birds, Shells, Insects, Zoophytes, and 

 Marine Algaj, and is a practical and tasteful Taxidermist ; and would render himself 

 generally useful to whoever employed him. It has been his practice to observe the habits 

 of animals, recording, and sometimes publishing the same, and the appearance of anything 

 unusual in the Natural History of the district where he resides. 



Can furnish unexceptionable references as to his qualifications, moral character. jiiwC 

 ^ober and active habits. Apply to J. E.,. care of the Etlitor of The Naturalist. 



