CURATOR’S REPORT. 

SINCE the last Report was presented in 1903, 937 species, representing, 
approximately, 2,262 specimens, have been added to the Society’s Collections. 
A group of Lesser Horse-Shoe Bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) has been 
prepared from materials obtained by the Curator from the Cefn Caves, by 
kind permission of Mrs. WILLIAMS WYNN. 
By invitation of the Museum Management Committee, Scholars from the 
City Elementary Schools are attending a course of six Nature-Study Lessons, 
given by the Curator, and illustrated by specimens in the Society’s Collections, 
The subjects chosen by the Director of Education are as follows :— 
1. ‘*Sponges from the Dee”; * 
2. ‘*Sea-urchins and Star-fish ” ; 
*¢ Gall-makers and Leaf-miners ”’ ; 
‘‘ The Transformations of a Common Butterfly and a Moth” ; 
‘‘ Humble Bees and Wasps ”’ ; 
6. ‘ The Swallow and the Cuckoo.” 
The children attend twice weekly, in batches of from 40 to 50; Mondays 
being reserved for the boys, and Thursdays for the girls. The course of 
lessons began on March 14th, and will probably end on or about the first 
week in August. 
The following abstract from the Report to the Board of Education, on 
the ‘‘ Return of Visitors to the Museum,’’ may not be without interest to the 
Members of the Society. From January to December (inclusive) in 1903 the 
total number of visitors was approximately 11,032; of this total 2,220 paid 
for admission, the entrance fees amounting to £27 I5s. 
The foregoing figures do not include the students and members of the 
various Societies who are admitted to the building. It is estimated that these, 
taken together, average a total of 1,241 per week for a period of nine months, 
giving a total of 44,676. Adding these latter to the figures given in the 
returns to the Board of Education, we have a grand total of, approximately, 
55,000. 
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LIST OF ADDITIONS. 
THE REv. FATHER ALEXIS, O.S.F.C.—2 Meteorites. 
Mr. HueH ALDERSEY—I Clytus arietis. 
Mr. J. ARKLE—25 species Lepidoptera, representing 61 specimens; 2 species 
Limnephilus sp.; 1 L. lunatus; 1 Hylobius abietis; 1 Bramble gall 
(L. rubi); 2 specimens Mania maura. 32 species, 64 specimens. 
Mr. F. F. BRown—3 specimens of Anobium domesticum. 
CoLoNEL B. G. DAviEs-CookE—A long series of Corals of the genus 
Cyathophylium; various Rock specimens; Lichens, and various 
other plants. 
Mr. Sipney G. CuMMINGS—1 Dianthus armeria, L.; 1 Nest and 3 Eggs 
of Cirl Bunting ; 1 Egg of Yellow Wagtail. 3 species, 6 specimens. 
THE CURATOR—2 Bald Coots; Life-History series of Lepidoptera and Pine 
Saw-fly (7 species, 30 specimens); 2 clutches of Moorhen’s Eggs 
(remarkable white varieties); 2 clutches of Shell-Duck’s Eggs 
(15 and 9). 
COLONEL GEORGE DixoN—1 Water Rail; 1 Greenshank. 
Mrs, DouGLaAs—1 Dragonfly (Zschna grandis). 
Mr. H. B. DutTTon—2 species of Exotic Orthopiera, found on imported fruit. 
Mr. H. G. FEILDEN—1,296 mounted specimens of British Plants, including 
a representative series of local species; 1 Rosewood Cabinet; 288 
specimens of Minerals and Rocks. 
