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A living Longicom Beetle {Astinnmus fedilis) from Garston ; presented by 

 Mr. J, Hough. 



A specimen of SquiUa from the Coast of Mexico (?) ; presented by Mr. 

 Thomas Ibbotson. 



Three Coal Fossils {Stigmaria ficoides) from Wigan ; presented by Mr. J. H. 

 Johnson. 



Head and Horns of the Chiru, or Hodgson's Antelope ; of the Oorial, or 

 Wild Sheep of the Punjab ; of the Bui'hel, or Blue Wild Sheep, and of the 

 Himalayan Ibex ; specimens of Bobac Marmot, adult and young ; of Lagomys ; 

 of the Flying Squin-el, ifcc. , from Cachmere and Thibet ; collected and 

 presented by Mr. Hugh Heywood Jones. 



Seven specimens of Marine Sponges from Cape Palmas, including a new 

 species (Higginsia Liheriensis) ; a rare Crab (iaHi^r«s) from China; the cast 

 shell of a rare Marine Crustacean ; seven specimens of Sea Urchins and other 

 Echinoderms from Suez ; presented by Mr. R. J. Keen. 



A Paradoxure Genet from Java ; a Marmot and a Heron from Colorado ; 

 and a pair of Grouse {Tetrao) from Hakodati ; the skin of an Ibex from 

 Cachmere, and a Sqiiirrel from the Rocky Mountains ; Skulls, Horns, and 

 Skins of Ibex from the Himalayas; of the Kemas, or Wild Goat {Capra 

 Wiirynto) from the Neilgherries ; three Skulls of Bears, (fee. ; collected and 

 presented by Mr. St. George Littledale. 



The Skull of a Bear, base of Skull of a Whale, two cervical Vertebra 

 of Whales, and Jaw and Femur of an Ox, lately found in the new North 

 Docks Excavations, Bootle; presented by Mr. George Fosbery Lyster, C.E.> 

 on behalf of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board. 



A Fossil Coral from a Railway Cutting at Cwyle, near Wrexham ; presented 

 by Mr. A. G. Macgregor. 



Eighty-four select specimens of thirty species of Shells ; presented by ^fr. 

 F. P. Marrat. 



A common Snake ; presented by Mr. J. Jliller. 



Specimens of Shells from Newfoundland ; collected and presented by jSIr. 

 E. L. Moore, H.M. Customs, Newfoundland. 



A very young specimen of Snapping Turtle (Cheh/dra xerjy&iiiina) from 

 Minnesota ; presented by Dr. Nevins. 



Fifteen specimens of seven species of Indian Snakes ; collected, named, and 

 presented by Sxirgeon-Major E. Nicholson. 



