MUSEUMS. 37 



Four Wood-boring Beetles taken from American timber (8pp. indet.) ; 

 Common Wasp (Vespa vulgaris, L.) and Spiders (D. 13. 9. 98. 30-36); 

 presented by Mr. W. Swan. 



Spider (sp. indet.) found on packing around Stone Chairs from Peru 

 (D. 13. 9. 98. 1). 



Three Specimens of the Irish variety of the Common Blue Butterfly 

 Lyccena icarus, Rott. 2 and 2 £.), from Sligo (D. 13. 9. 98. 38) ; 

 presented by Mr. Percy H. Russ. 



Specimen of the Silver Y Moth (Plusia gamma, L.) and chrysalis 

 from New Brighton (D. 13. 9. 98. 39 & 40) ; the Cabbage Moth 

 (Mamestra brassictr, L. 2 ), and the Pale Mottled Willow Moth ( Caradrina 

 quadripunctata, F.) (D. 3. 10. 98. ]); from Liverpool. 



Six specimens of the Concolorous Moth (Tapiuostola concolor, Grn.) 

 (D. 3. 11. 98. 1) ; received in exchange. 



Collection of 22 specimens of Lepidoptera from Cameroon, \V. Africa 

 (D. 23. 11. 98. 1) ; presented by Mr. G. W. Stokes per Mr. A. Ridyard ; 

 and a collection of 41 specimens of Lepidoptera from Quibu, Upper 

 Congo, W. Africa (D. 23. 11. 98. 2) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. 



Collection of Lepidoptera from Carwar, Bombay Presidency (D. 15. 

 98. 1) ; presented by Mr. F. Dresser. 



Mollusca. 



Specimens of Archidoris tuberculata, Cuv. ; Lamellidoris bilamellata, Linn. 

 Eolidia papulosa, Linn.; Coryphella rufibranchialis, Jolmst. ; Cuthona nana, 

 Aid. and Han. ; Dendronotus arborescens, 0. F. M., and Tritonia hombergi, 

 Cuv., from Hilbre Island ; and Cratena concinna, Aid. and Han., from 

 Leasowe (D. 29. 3. 9S. 9-16) ; collected by members of the Staff. 



Fossil Cephalopod {Nautilus parMnsoni Edwards (?) ), from New Zealand 

 (D. 10. 5. 98. i) ; purchased. 



Two specimens of Sepiola atlantim, D'Orb., from the Estuary of the 

 Mersey (D. 15. 6. 98. 1); purchased. 



Collection of Fossil Mollusca from Palestine : — Hippurites liratus, Conratl ; 

 Nerinea pauxilla, Hamlin; N. sckickii, Fraas ; Bostdlaria rustemi, Fraas ; 

 Natica patvice/ortnis, Fraas ; A. scalaris, Whitfield ; Cytherea lebanotica, 

 Fraas ; Corbiculopsis birdi (Whitfield) ; Cerithium provinci'de-plicatum, 

 Fraas ; C. orientate, Conrad ; Neritopsis ornata, Fraas ; Eiinema bicarinata, 

 Hamlin ; Phasianella abeihensis, Fraas ; Colostracon curium, Hamlin ; 

 Amauropsis subcaualiculata, Hamlin ; A. sp. ; A. abeihensis, Hamlin ; Trigonia 



