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Two large Trumpet Sponges from Yucatan ; presented by Dr. Barry, Staff 

 Surgeon, Corosal, per Staff Surgeon-Major S. Archer. These Sponges being 

 new to science have been described and figured in the " Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History" for Sept., 1875, under the name of Luffaria Archeri, by 

 Mr. Thomas Higgin, of Huyton. One of them is nearly four feet in height. 



A Sea Snake {Hydroplm) and three Fishes from Saugor Roads ; presented 

 by Mr. W. L. Bathgate. 



The head of a ol|-lb. Salmon from the River Lun^, and the Nest of a Tree 

 Wasp, from Heysham, near Lancaster ; presented by Mr. Alderman Bennett, 

 J.P. 



200 Salmon Ova ; presented by Mr. J. Birch, per Mr. Westall Ramsbottom 



A young Manatee [Manatus Australis) ; presented by Mr. Samuel Booker, 

 Georgetown, Demerara. 



Two Brazilian Snakes ; presented by Rev. .J. Bowman. 



An East Indian Goat ; presented by Mr. H. Brown. 



Two specimens of the Colorado Potato-Beetle {Doryphora decenilineata), and 

 six specimens of the American Asparagus-Beetle ; brought from Staten Island, 

 New York, and presented by Mr. Stewart H. Brown. 



115 specimens of 50 species of named British Micro-Lepidoptera ; collected 

 and presented by Mr. John T. Cai-rington. 



A specimen of Bark from a " Red Wood Tree," fifteen feet in original dia_ 

 meter, from California ; presented by Capt. Carter, American ship, "Columbia,'' 

 per Messrs. Emmers and Houghton. 



A Skua Gull and Kittiwake, shot on the Mersey while fighting, and pre- 

 sented by Mr. Wm. Chard. 



Two newly-hatched Terrapins for the Aquaria ; presented by Mr. E. Davies. 



A specimen of Teredo, seven inches long, from a Nova-Scotia-built ship in her 

 fourth year trading in the Atlantic, and one voyage to the Mediterranean ; 

 presented by Mr. J. O. de Wolf. 



A Common snake {Natica torquata) from Crosby ; presented by Mr. R. 

 Edwards. 



A small Bat ; a living Bos Tortoise ; a living young Terraj)in ; five living 

 Freshwater Fish ; and four Newts, all from New York ; presented by Mr. D. 

 E. M. Elder. 



A rare Shell {Rhodea (jiyantea) from New Grenada ; presented by Mr. D 

 Filby, per Mr, R. J. Keen. 



