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NATURE STUDY LECTURES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. 
A series of 36 Lessons to Children from the City Elementary 
Schools, by the Curator of the Museum, was commenced on 
Monday, April 12th, to boys, and on Thursday, April, 15th, 
1915, to girls. The subjects approved by His Majesty’s Inspector 
of Schools, per the Director of Education, are :— 
(1) Some Sea and Inland Birds. 
(2) The Porpoise and Seal. 
(3) The Life-History and general structure of a Moth and 
Butterfly. 
(4) The Common Heron and Bittern. 
(5) Bees and Wasps. 
(6) Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds. 
The Lessons are illustrated with specimens selected from 
the Museum, chalk diagrams, and photographs where necessary. 
Tlie average number of children attending each Lesson is 45, and 
the total number of attendances for the 18 weeks is 1,710. 
Exercises in composition upon the Lessons are written by the 
children. 
ADDITIONS TO THE SOCIETY’S MUSEUM. 
Mr. J. ARKtE—8 males, 19 females of Vapourer Moth (Orgyia antigua), with 
larval skins, empty eggs, and webs. Eaton Drive. 7567, 7568, 1914. 
Curator—Broad-bordered Underwing .(Triphena fimbria). Chester Electric 
Light. 7561, 1914. 3 Leopard Moths (Zeuzera pyrina). Chester Electric 
Light. 7559, 1914. 
Mr. James Davius—Larva of Death’s Head Hawk Moth. Injured. Saltney. 
Mr. Joun Day—One Death’s Head Hawk Moth (Acherontia atropos). Sandy- 
croft Foundry. 7556, 1914. 
Dr. Hersert Dosie—41 species, 59 specimens (approx.), of Micro and Macro 
Lepidoptera. Chester and District. 
_ Miss M. B. Evans—Dorchester Nymph (Zeucorrhinia dubia). Delamere. Not 
exhibited. 
Mr. A. E. Goopman—Striped Hawk Moth (Cherocampa celerio). Boughton. 
7621, 1910. : 
Mr. R. Lams—Cock-chafer (Melontha vulgaris). Chester. 7558, 1914. 
Mr. P. Happon Lane—Larva of Death’s Head Hawk-Moth. Died in pupa 
F stage. Talacre. 
_ Proressorn R. NewsteaD—Young Albino Thrush (Z'urdus musicus). Wrexham 
Road. 7564, 1914. Immature Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis). Dee, 
near Chester. 7569, 1914. 
