50 MUSEUMS. 
Purchased : 
Small collection of named British Dragouflies, consisting of 25 
specimens, from various localities. 
Small collection of named British Orthoptera, consisting of 44 
specimens, from various localities. 
Collection of named British Hymenoptera, consisting of 363 
specimens, representing 50 genera and 193 species, from various 
localities. 
Mollusca. 
Presented : 
Seventeen Land Shells and four odd valves, from Lagos, 
W. Africa, by Mr. J. C. Henderson, Lagos, per Mr. Ridyard. 
Ten Gastropod Shells and two Lamellibranchs, from Sassandra, 
W. Africa, by Mr. E. Quainoo, Sassandra, per Mr. A. Ridyard. 
Young Cuttlefish (Joschites cirrhosa), from Stromness, by Mr. 
Geo. Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool. 
Two Lamellibranchs, three Gastropods (Voluta fusiformis, 
Tritonium pyrum, and Dolium sp.), from Australia and New 
Guinea, by Mrs. Ellen Parkinson. 
Fishes. 
Presented : 
Roach (Leuciscus rutilus), by Mr. W. G. Blanchard, Wholesale 
Fish Market, Liverpool. 
Two Catfishes (Clarias bythipogen), from Warri, R. Niger, West 
Coast of Africa, by Mr. J. G. Taylor, S.W.S. “‘ Raven,’ per 
Mr. A. Ridyard. 
Jaws of Shark and fragment of Skull of Vish, from Sassandra, 
W. Africa, by Mr. P. HE. Quainoo, per Mr. A. Ridyard. 
Three Piked Dogfish (Acanthias vulgaris), two Embryos and three 
Figg-cases of Dogfish, six Butterfishes (Centronotus gunellus), two 
Dagonets (Callionymus lyra and C. maculata), one Gurnard, one 
