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are rarer than others, all may be obtained with tolerable 
certainty, by those residing in such parts of the country as 
they are known to inhabit. With the exception of the 
marine species, such as the Whales and Porpoises, there 
are none which might not take their place in our collection 
of British fere. We have already some of the largest of the 
land animals, as the Red Deer and Roebuck, both presented 
by Edward Greaves, Esq. A mounted specimen of the 
Fallow Deer, and of the two kinds of Martin, i.e. the 
yellow breasted and tbe white breasted Martin, would go 
far towards the completion of the terrestrial Mammalia of 
Great Britain. We earnestly hope that some friends to 
this Institution will kindly furnish one or other of these 
desiderata. Of the smaller kinds, such as the Shrews and 
Bats, a few kinds are wanting, but these the Curators 
believe they shall before long be able to supply. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
The Rev. W. Bree and Mr. J. S. Baty have kindly con- 
sented to commence a Collection of British Insects. A 
Cabinet of thirty drawers has been purchased. The present 
cabinet is calculated to contain the Aculeate Hymenoptera, 
the whole order of Coleoptera, and the early tribes of 
Lepidoptera; when the arrangement of these groups is 
completed it is hoped that the funds of the Society will be 
sufficient to purchase a second cabinet, to contain the 
remaining orders of British Insects, and the Council have 
already received the following donations :— 
A small collection of Lepidoptera from the Rev. 8. C. 
Hamerton, as well as from the Rev. W. Bree. 
Several hundred Aculeate Hymenoptera and Coleoptera 
from Mr. F. Smith. 
A few rare Coleoptera from Mr. Waterhouse. 
Several hundred Hymenoptera and Coleoptera from 
Mr. J. 8. Baly. 
