some are rarer than others, nil may be obtained with 

 tolerable certainty by those residing in such parts of the 

 country as they are known to inhabit. With the excep- 

 tion of the' marine species, such as the Whales and 

 Porpoises, there are none which might not take their 

 place in our collection of British ferae. 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 two kinds 

 of Martin, i.e., the yellow breasted and the 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 Entomological Collection is in the course of 

 arrangement in the New Cabinet, and the Aculeate 

 Hymenoptera, occupying nine drawers, are already 

 arranged. 



The majority of scientific Entomologists residing in or 

 near London have confined their researches principally 

 to the Metropolitan district, or to the Southern counties 

 of England ; consequently the Midland counties present 

 an almost unworked field, which must contain very many 

 interesting novelties. 



Warwickshire from its high state of cultivation has but 

 few waste spots, on which insects usually abound, but 



