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Five specimena of Ecliinus from Bombay and other places ; presented by 

 Staff Surgeon-Major S. Archer. 



Specimens of Beetles and other Insects from Valdivia, Chili ; presented by 

 Mr, Edward Bald. 



A ReptQian Fossil Vertebra from the Isle of Wight ; a palmate form of 

 Iron Pyrites (Sulphide of Iron) ; a specimen of Blende (Sulphide of Zinc), «fec. ; 

 presented by ^Ir. Alderman Bennett. 



An Adder from Anglesea ; presented by Mr. H. Bennett. 



A specimen of the Pomatorhine Skua GuU {Stercorarius pomatorhinm), 

 shot at Hoylake ; presented by Mr. H. Brandreth. 



A Giant Petrel {Procellaria gigaMea) from the Southern Ocean ; presented 

 by Mr. Walter Burnet. 



Two small Trigger Fish (Balistes) from Suez; presented by Mr. H. H. 

 Calvert. 



Nests of the Zebra Spider, from Madeira ; presented by the Honourable 

 Lady Cust. 



A fine stuffed specimen of a Crocodile, 12 feet in length, from West Africa; 

 a young Gorilla from the Gaboon ; and a Lizard and Snake from Loanda ; 

 presented by Capt. Davis. 



A large specimen of the Broad-Nosed Eel ' {AnguiUa latirostris) from 

 Knowsley ; presented by the Countess of Derby. 



The Skeleton of an Ox ; presented by the Earl of Derby. 



A specimen of Vendace {Coregoma WillugMni) from Keswick Lake ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. James Edmondson. 



Specimens of Hooks and Baits for large Fish, made by the Aborigines of 

 Australia from bones and polished shells ; presented by Mrs. Ford. 



A young edible Turtle ; presented by Mr. William Gass. 



Two specimens of a Fungus {Sphcera Bobertsi) parasitic on the Caterpillar of 

 a Butterfly, from Taupo, New Zealand ; presented by Rev. T. S. Grace. 



A small living Turtle for the Aquarium ; presented by ;Mr. Henry Hawkins. 



The upper Jaws and Teeth of a Sparoid (?) Fish from Alexandria; a 

 Zoophyte from Barcelona; living specimens of small Molluscs {TurriteUn , 

 Venus, Astarte, and Scalaria) from Gibraltar Bay ; three living Sea Horses 

 from jMalta ; a collection of ;Marine Specimens from Alexandria, Tripoli, and 

 Gibraltar Bay; collected and presented by Capt. Horsfall, S.S. " Canopus," 

 Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



