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A specimen of Peripatus capensis, collected by Prof. Moseley, in 

 South Africa, and believed by him to be a nearly related representative 

 of the Ancestor of all the Insects and the Tribes related thereto ; also 

 specimens illustrative of the young stages of Julus ; presented by Prof. 

 H. N. Moseley, F.E.S. 



A Blue-fronted Amazonian Parrot {Chrysotis cestiva) ; presented by 

 Mrs. Charles Newman. 



Nine specimens of Australian Fish of the genera Arripis, Urolophus, 

 Girella, Scorpcena, Chrysophrijs, Aracana and Trigla ; two specimens 

 of Crustacea {Palinuridce) ; and two specimens of Trepang {Holothuria) ; 

 exchange presentation from the New South Wales Commission, Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition, London, per Mr. E. P. Eamsay, F.L.S., 

 Secretary. 



Two specimens preserved in salt, of a rare Cetacean, Pontoporia 

 Blainvillii, expressly obtained for the Museum ; two Nests of the 

 Oven Bird, Furnarius, and a large Nest of the Camoate or Wild Bee; also 

 four large Fishes from the Kiver Plate {Platy stoma, Salminus dc.) ; 

 presented by Mr. P. H. Rathbone. 



Five young living Alligators, Alligator Mississijnensis ; presented by 

 Capt. Reynolds. 



The Tooth of a Shark, from the Phosphate Beds, South Carolina ; 

 presented by Mr. John S. Rigby. 



A large glazed Show Case 9 feet high, 10 feet long, and 6 feet wide 

 (specially made to exhibit the series of Newfoundland Seals presented to 

 the Museum by Mr. C. Bowring, lent at his request for the Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition, London) ; presented by Sir Ambrose 

 Shea, Commissioner for Newfoundland ; also a large specimen of New- 

 foundland Codfish. 



The Skin of a Crocodile and three young living Terrapins, from 

 Belize ; presented by Dr. Soldat. 



Specimens of Coleoptera (Chrysomela) and Orthoptera {Epacromia), 

 from Constantinople ; also a Fossil Shell, Spirifera Walcottii, Lias ; 

 collected and presented by Mrs. Malcolm Thomson. 



Specimens of Addiewell "Plain" and "Curly" Shale; presented by 

 Mr. Henry A. Tobias. 



