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A Lizard {Zootoca vivipara), from Headford, County Galway ; pre- 

 sented by Miss Barton. 



A Mat and Weaving Machine (shewing process of manufacture) 

 and Basket of Yarn, from Old Calabar ; presented by Captain H. W. 

 Buchanan, s.s. "Palm." 



Specimens in situ of an Entozoic Worm (^Echinorhjnchus Bnrhiri') 

 infesting the large intestines of the Pike Whale ( Baloenoptera rostrata) ; 

 presented by Dr. John Barker, Dublin. 



A piece of the Corsica and Spezzia Submarine Electric Telegraph 

 Cable, made by Messrs. Glass and Elliot in 1854, submerged the same 

 year, and dredged up again in 1870 ; presented by Mr. Edward Bates. 



Eight Skins and Skulls of Seals (4 Harp Seals, 2 Hooded Seals, 

 1 " Square Flipper," and 1 " Harbour Ranger)," from the Newfoundland 

 Seal fisheries ; presented by Charles Bowring, Esq. 



A living Bird-catching Spider {Mygale), brought in a cargo of 

 Logwood, by the ship " Marmion," from the West Indies ; presented by 

 Mr. William Bell. 



A large Fruit-eating Bat, or " Flying Fox," taken at sea, off the 

 River Hoogly, 2 Snakes, and a Woodpecker; presented by Captain 

 Beattie. 



A slab of Carboniferous Limestone Fossils ; presented by Mr. 

 Alderman Bennett. 



A living Coleopterous Larva, found in Corkwood, on the beach at 

 Galveston ; presented by Captain F. W. W. Cole. 



Two Teeth of the Sperm Whale, and four Knitting Needles made 

 from bone and teeth of the same; presented by 3Ir. Ferdinand 

 Castillo. 



A Squid from South Africa ; presented by Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie 

 Dowie. 



A rare Squid, from the West Coast of Africa ; presented by Captain 

 Davis, R.M.S.S. "Mandingo." 



Two living Bull Frogs, from Halifax, N.S. ; presented by Mr. 

 Andrew Downs. 



A long-nosed Frog Fish {Malthe vespertilio), from Bahia ; presented 

 by Captain Donald, ship " Preston." 



A group of living Duck Barnacles attached to a bottle, found floating 

 at sea off Beaumaris ; presented by Captain Edwards, No. 7 Pilot 

 schooner, " Lancashire Witch." 



