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A fine example of a rare Shell {Spondylus Victoria); presented by the 

 Rev. H. H. Higgins, m.a. 



A large Amazonian Terrapin or Water Tortoise {Etrnjs amazonica), 

 from Para ; presented by Mr. George Hulse. 



Specimens of Osteocella, preserved in spirit, from Burrard's Inlet, 

 British Columbia, and a collection of Marine Specimens obtained on the 

 voyage from Liverpool to British Columbia and back ; presented by Capt. 

 J. Griffith Jones, barque " Hermine," Associate of the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



A living Spider of the genus Delena, with its egg sac, found in hard 

 wood timber at the Prince's Dock ; presented by Mr. Joseph Leyland. 



Living specimens of Dragonet Fish, Sea Urchins, Star Fishes, 

 Barnacles, &c., for the Aquaria, dredged by the Liverpool Marine Biology 

 Committee. 



A Magpie {Pica caudata), shot at Vyrnwy ; presented by Mr. Councillor 

 W. J. Lunt. 



Three Snakes {Elaps coronella, Ccecilia, and Acontias) fi-om Para; 

 presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. 



Specimens of Palolo viridis, a remarkable Sea Worm, from the Fijian 

 Seas ; presented by the Hon. J. E. Mason, m-L-C. 



An Indian Rock Snake {Python molwrus); presented by Dr. Hugh 

 Miller. 



A Hymenomycetus Fungus, growing on trees, and often worked up 

 for German tinder, and now brought into use as a material for soft hats 

 by Messrs. Mander and Alleuder ; presented by Sir J. A. Picton. 



Specimens of Ripple-marked Sandstones, Sun Cracks, and Rain 

 Pittings, from recent excavations in the Lime Street Tunnels and neigh- 

 bourhood ; presented by the London and North-Western Railway 

 Company. 



