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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



COAL-MEASURK ARTHROPODS. 



In a paper printed in a recent issue of the 'Transactions of the 

 Manchester Geological and Mining- Society,' Mr. Walter Baldwin 

 describes Prestwichta anthrax and Belinurus lunaius from 

 Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale. The middle coal-measures at 

 Sparth Bottoms have yielded quite an interesting fauna, many 

 of the specimens therefrom being exhibited and described at 



Prestwichta anthrax, natural size. Belinurus lunatus, natural size. 



the York Meeting of the British Association b}' Dr. Henry 

 Woodward. We are kindly permitted to reproduce the figures 

 of the two specimens described by Mr. Baldwin, the first named 

 species being the first recorded example from the Lancashire 

 coal field, and the second is a somewhat better specimen than 

 that previously described by the same author, under the name 

 of Belinurus bellulus* 



SCHOOL MUSEUMS. 



A recent number of the School Worhi (Vol. 8, No. 88) 

 contains two suggestive papers on the abo\'e subject, viz., 

 ' The Equipment of a School Museum ' by O. H. Latter, and 

 ' School Museums ' by E. E. Unwin. Mr. Unwin concludes : 

 ' Dispel from your minds the idea that a school museum should 

 necessarily be a collection of all kinds of objects from all parts 

 of the world ; let a school museum be a " local " one : try to 

 realise that it is the work done by the children that is of value ;, 

 do not be afraid to make a , bonfire now and then to clear the 

 ground ; and, be enthusiastic yourself, and soon you will have 

 the whole school enthusiastic with you.' 



* Sec ' Naturalist,' Februan', 1904, p. 37. 



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