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A large living Beetle* {Dynastes typhon), brought from Tijuca, Eio de 

 Janeiro, and a preserved Trap-door Spider (Lycosa) and its enemy, from 

 Estancia Yerua Concordia, Entre Rios, by Mr. Thomas Taylor, junr. ; 

 also living specimens of the only species of Trap-door Spider found in 

 Britain (Atypus piceus), male and females, nests of each, and mounted 

 specimens of male and female, specially procured by Mr. F. Enoch, of 

 London, and presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor ; also Trap-door Spiders 

 from Mon Repos, Bordeaux, from Tangier, Morocco, and from Zante . 

 presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. 



A collection of Marine Specimens, chiefly Fish and MoUusca, dredged 

 in Panama Bay for the Museum ; presented by Capt. W. H. Cawne 

 Warren, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool. 



Two Vertebrae of the Finner Whale {Balcenopteras Sibbaldii) and 

 other Cetacean Bones ; a male and female Merganser, a Raven, and other 

 specimens from the Isle of Lewis ; collected and presented by Mr. 

 Thomas West. 



A series of Fossil remains of Plants from the Carboniferous Sandstone 

 of Billinge Hill, including specimens showing scars in the outer coating 

 of Lepidodendroid Trees, of which one is exceptionally fine, and does not 

 appear to have been figured or described ; presented by Mr. Nicholas 

 Roskell, proprietor of the quarries. 



Two small nests of Tree Wasps (Polybia), two small Insect Nests of 

 Mud (Pelopceus), and two small Nests of Trap-door Spiders from Brazil ; 

 presented by Dr. Ewing Whittle. 



* This Beetle fed freely on Bananas, and lived for more than three mouths after its 

 arrival at the Museum. 



