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three complete examples have been caught. On referring 

 to the old catalogues of the former Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Institution, two specimens are recorded as 

 being in the Museum collections, one bearing the name 

 of Spirula Icevis. No information is given as to their 

 history, date of capture or donor. 



Amongst the old material was also found examples 

 of Pentacrinus decorus and Pentacrinus asterias which 

 under the name of Pentacrinus caput-meduscz were his- 

 torically famous in the middle of last century as being 

 amongst the very earliest of recent crinoids brought to 

 this country. Parts of these specimens have gone, but 

 nevertheless they are very presentable and have once 

 more taken their place amongst the collections. 



The whole of the bivalve mollusca has been cleaned 

 and re-mounted, so that the molluscan series is now 

 complete. 



The good offices of Dr. J. H. Ashworth of the Edin-. 

 burgh University resulted in a good series of valuable 

 marine organisms being acquired from Messina, amongst 

 which was a series of Argonauta argo in various stages 

 from the egg to the adult. 



About one thousand species have been supplied 

 with printed labels and also registered. Descriptive 

 family labels are now well in hand, and will be carried 

 through the whole series. A group series of recent 

 fossil brachiopoda have been mounted and are ready 

 for exhibition. 



Mr. G. C. Griffiths reports that — 



" During the past year the arrangement of the 

 British Lepidoptera has been continued, the 

 Noctuidse being now completed and consider- 

 able progress having been made with the 

 Geometridae. 



