MUSEUMS. 51 
Purchased : 
A collection of British Hymenoptera, consisting of 104 specimens, 
representing 91 species. 
Exchanged : 
200 British Spiders, representing 12 families, 66 genera, and 
100 species, received from Dr. Cole, of University College, Reading, 
in exchange for one Mud Fish, one Cat Fish, and two Walking 
Fishes. 
Mollusca. 
Presented : 
Eleven Fresh-water Shells (Anodonta cygnea), from Lymore 
Pool, Montgomeryshire, by Mr. Salter, Lawrence Road Bridewell. 
Small collection of Shells from New Zealand, part of a 
miscellaneous collection bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine 
Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand. 
Series of Oysters (Ostrea edulis), showing stages in growth, by 
Mr. Charles Hunt, Curator, Bootle Museum. 
Three Nudibranchs, with mass of spawn (Lolis papillosa), from 
New Brighton, by Mr. P. Entwistle, Deputy Curator. 
Cuttlefish (Moschites cirrosa), from Point of Ayr, I.0.M., by 
Messrs. John Duncan & Sons, Wholesale Fish Market, Liverpool, 
collected by Capt. Edwards of the Steam Trawler ‘“ Rambler.” 
Fishes. 
Presented : 
‘* Fatherlasher’’ (Cottus bubalis), from the Rock Channel, by 
Mr. Cass, 11, Kinder Street, Liverpool. 
One Pike from Cressage, Shrewsbury, four Tench, two Rudd, two 
Perch and one Roach from Chapel Hill, Lincoln, by Mr. Frank 
Vaughan, Sunningdale Road, New Brighton. (Presented living for 
the Aquarium.) 
Cast made from a specimen of Salmon (weight 36 Ibs.), loaned 
for the purpose of casting by Mr. G. F. Rimmer, Rumford Street, 
Liverpool. 
