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A large specimen of the War Conch, Triton variegatxis, Lam., used by 

 the Australian and Polynesian Islanders ; presented by Mrs. E. J. 

 Parkinson. 



Three specimens of Fossil Coral, Amplexus coj'alloides, from Spring 

 Cove, Weston-Super-Mare ; four specimens of Ferruginous Quartz, 

 Eisenkiesel, from Ashcombe, Weston-Super-Mare, and one tube of 

 Crystals resulting from the decomposition of Eisenkiesel ; presented by 

 Mr. Spencer George Perceval. 



A young Alligator, 5 feet 6 inches long (^Alligator niississipjnensis) from 

 New Orleans ; presented by Captain Reynolds. 



Part of the Femur of an Elephant, and fragments of undetermined 

 bones from the Rio Negro ; presented by Mr. W. P. Steer. 



Specimens of Trap-door and other Spiders and their Nests, collected by 

 the Rev. Kendrick Abraham, Cape Colony, So. Africa ; also specimens 

 of one Genils and two species, pronounced by the Rev. 0. P. Cambridge 

 as probably undescribed, from the same district and collector; also a Trap- 

 door Spider and its Nest found attached to the roots of ferns, New Zealand, 

 and 6 Vegetable Caterpillars (Hepialus virescens), also from New 

 Zealand ; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. 



Specimens of Soap-berries, from Maranham ; presented by Mr. T. J. 

 Taylor. 



A Collection of Minerals and Fossils selected with great cire. Each 

 specimen is marked by some interesting feature. In the collection there 

 are numerous specimens representing minerals which are most usefully 

 employed for economic purposes ; presented by Mr. Thos. K. Twist. 



Two Valves of Pearl Oyster from Tahiti, and a specimen of Woodstone ; 

 presented by Mr. George G. Weiss. 



Purchase. 

 Owincr to the limited funds at the disposal of the Committee, only one 

 purchase in the Natural History Department, viz. : —Twenty five 

 specimens of selected Lepidoptera, has been made during the year. 



MAYER MUSEUM. 



Donations. 

 Roman Mosaic Pavement ; face from the head of a figure ; part of a 

 standing female figure with an animal by her side ; Sepulchral Tablet ; 



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