50 MUSEUMS. 
A number of ‘“ Whirligigs’’ (Gyrinus natator), by Mrs. 
Withingshaw, Greystone House, Penketh, Warrington. 
Spider (sp. indet.), by Mr. Hill, Messrs. W. Brown & Co., Temple 
Court, Dale Street, Liverpool. 
Camberwell Beauty Butterfly (Vanessa antiopa), from Knotty 
Ash (taken in 1873), by Mr. Ed. P. Thompson, Whitchurch. 
Larva of the Oak Egger Moth (Lasiocampus quercus), from 
Craigfechan, near Ruthin, North Wales, by Miss J. Formby Bragg, 
45, Alderley Road, Hoylake. 
Cream Spotted Tiger Moth (Arctia caja), from New Brighton, by 
Mr. P. Entwistle, Deputy Curator. 
Hymenopteron (Bombus hortorum) 3, from Upton, Cheshire, by 
Dr. Clubb, Curator of Museums. 
Small collection of 24 Insects (chiefly blood-sucking Diptera) 
(spp. indet.), from West Africa, by Mr. J. McCreath, 24, Dum- 
barton Road, Walton. 
Two Hymenopterons (Bombus pratorum 9, and Bombus 
terrestris Q), from the River Dee, and one Hymenopteron (Apis 
mellifica) 3, from Liscard, Cheshire, by Mr. C. H. Murray, 
Entomological Assistant in the Museums. 
Nest, containing embryo of Hornet Fly, from Opeji, about 80 
miles from Lagos, West Coast of Africa, by Mr. J. McCreath, 
24, Dumbarton Road, Walton. 
Two Spiders (sp. indet.), two Beetles (sp. indet.), and two Grass- 
hoppers (sp. indet.), by Mr. Richard Dawson, 46, Crown Street, 
Liverpool. 
Five samples of Spun Silk of the Silk-worm, from Auckland, New 
Zealand, and one sample of Silk spun by Spider from the Sandwich 
Islands, part of a miscellaneous collection bequeathed by 
Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand. 
