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A Sea Fan (Gorgonia fiabellum) from the West Indies; presented by 

 Capt. Thomas Neill. 



Two Thick-spined Sea Urchins {Acrocladia mammillata) from the Red 

 Sea ; presented by Mr. R. H. Nesbit. 



A Fish {Chromis niloticus) from the Sea of Galilee ; Shells (Melanopsis 

 prcerosa) from the Eiver Jordan; Rock from Mount Sinai; Shells, 

 Insects, &c., from Beyrout and Port Said ; collected and presented by 

 Mr. John Nicol, Jun. 



A young Edible or Green Turtle (Chelonia midas), caught off the 

 harbour of Alexandria ; presented by Capt. Horatio Paul. 



Two Silk Moths {Telea polyphemus) and Cocoons from New Orleans ; 

 collected and presented by Capt. J. A. Perry, Associate of the Literary 

 and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



A Python from West Africa; presented by Mr. T. Rogers. 



The Nest of a Tree Wasp from Arnside ; presented by Mr. R. Saul. 



Specimens of Fish, Reptiles, and Crustacea from Bombay and 

 Rangoon; two Pendulous Nests from Elephanta; Amygdaloidal Trap 

 from Matheran ; and three living Gold Fish from Port Said ; collected 

 and presented by Capt. Sibthorpe, S.S. " European." 



A Twaite Shad {Alosafinta) taken in the Mersey; and specimens ol 

 Mangrove Oysters from the hull of the S.S, " Torcados," after two and 

 a-half years' cruizing on the coast of Africa ; presented by Lieut. F. 0. 

 Simpson, R.N. 



Marine Specimens from Rio and St. Vincent, Cape de Yerd, comprising 

 example of Fish (Amphioxus, Dactyloptera, and Siluroids), Echinoderms 

 (Encope and Comatida), Polyzoa, &c. ; collected and presented by Capt. 

 J. S. Slack, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 Liverpool. 



A large Sea Urchin {Acrocladia mammillata) from the Red Sea; 

 presented by Capt. Stark. 



A young living Alligator, and a specimen of Brown Coal from Brazil : 

 presented by Capt. J. P. Sweetzer. 



A Fish (Aidostoma), two Lizards, thi-ee Snakes, and Mygale Spiders ; 

 presented by Mr. Owen Taylor. 



Two specimens of Apteryx or Kiwi (Apteryx Mantelli) from Taranaki. 



