40 MUSEUMS. 



Skins of Weddel's Seal and White Seal, and skull of Lobodon 

 earcinophaga, from Victoria Land. Antarctica : presented by Sir 

 Greorge Newnea, Bart., M.P., ex " Southern Gross " Expedition. 



A large and valuable collection oi ! wax models of flowering plants 

 and fungi, made and presented by Mr. H. E. Heath Smedley, F.L.S. 



(/') Exchanges. 



Specimens of the West African Mud-Fish {Protopterus annectens) 

 were given to Mr. Andrew Halkett, Department of Fisheries, Ottawa ; 

 to Prof. Ramsay Wright, Toronto ; and to Mr. (j. A. Boulenger, 

 F.R.S., British Museum, tor subsequent exchanges. 



During the past year thirty enlargements of heads of Caucasian 

 and Mongolian types have been sent to the British Museum, and 

 thirty-four to the Anthropological Museum (Prof. A. Macalister), 

 Cambridge University. 



{g) Acquisitions. 

 INVERTEBRATES 



Protozoa. 

 Forty Lantern Slides of Radiolaria (D. 20. 5. 1901. 49) : purchased. 

 Models in Wax of Voiiicella sp., Paramcecium sp. and Amoeba sp. 

 ( 1 ). 2:3. 9. 1901. 25-27) ; presented by Mr. H. E. Heath Smedley. F.L.S. 



Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.). 



A number of Sea Anemones, living {Actinia equina), from Douglas, 

 1.0. M. (D. 29. 7. 1901. 3) : presented by Mr. P. Entwistle. 



About 200 Sea Anemones, living, from Bangui-. X. Wales d). 23. 9. 

 1901. 16) ; purchased for the Aquarium. 



Model in Wax of Hydra viridis iD. 23. 9. 1901. 24) ; presented l»y 

 Mr. H. E. Heath Smedley, F.L.S. 



Colonies of Hydrallmania falcata and of Ilalecium heUeciiuim, 

 dredged from the Estuary of the Mersey, off X.W. Lightship (D. 23. 

 10. 1901. 9 and 10). 



Echinoderms. (Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, etc.). 



Five Cake Urchins (iiirfrt.) from near Cape 'Town (J). 28. 1. 1901. 

 1) ; presented by Dr. Lee. 



