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A specimen of the Sponge of Commerce growing on a group of spiral 

 Tenagoda anguina, from Smyrna ? ; presented by Mr. Chas. Avgerinos. 



Specimens of Sulphur, Mud, and Pumice, &c., from the great Tarawera 

 Eruption, New Zealand, presented by Mr. E. Ernest Bilbrough, 

 Auckland, N.Z., formerly of Liverpool. 



An adult female specimen of Pallas's Three-toed Sand Grouse, 

 Si/rrhaijtes paradoxus ; presented by Sir Thos. Brocklebank, Bart., being 

 one of five shot at Storeton in Wirral. 



All aberrant form of Spider Gonyleptis anvipes, from Chili ; presented 

 by Capt. Cooper. 



A small Bat from Savanilla, U.S.C. ; a large Beetle, Megalosoma 

 elephas, from the Interior, U.S.C. ; a Water Beetle, Belostoma, and a 

 small Spear Kay from Magdalena ; collected and presented by Capt. H. 

 Daniel. 



A Lump Fish, Cyclopterus hanpus ; presented by Mr. Councillor 

 J. Duncan, Juur. 



A fine specimen of the Great Lake Trout, from Lough Neagh, 

 weighing 22 lbs. ; presented by Mr. W. A. Duncan. 



The skull of an adult Sea Otter, Enhydris lutris, (Lutra marina), 

 Steller, from the Kurile Islands, and a small Bat from India ; presented 

 by Mr. T. R. Green of Yokohama, per Mr. W. Walthew. 



A specimen of the Tope, Galeus vulgaris, a small Shark nearly five 

 feet in length, caught in the Mersey off Tranmere ; presented by Messrs. 

 J. Gordon Alison and Co. 



Three Common Snakes, N^atrix torquata, caught near Wrexham ; 

 presented alive by Mr. Joseph Griffiths. 



A specimen of the Slow Worm or Blind Worm, Anguis fragilis, from 

 Germany, caught and presented by Dr. Hanitsch. 



A large stuffed Flying Fish (Exoccetus) from the Atlantic ; collected 

 and presented by Capt. Thomas Hening. 



