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rich deep brown colour, wliich, wbile at rest, only remained as eye-like spots all over 

 the body. Sepia was expelled from an interior tube protruded between the mantle 

 and the base of the swimming-tube. The shell, containing ova, appeared of the same 

 specific gravity as water, for it rested wherever it was placed. The ' Zoe ' I presume 

 is the male organ ; it moved about with a writhing motion, the lower disk being appa- 

 rently surrounded by suckers ; both it and the eggs possessed the eye-like spots and 

 the power of changing them." My friend forwarded me the specimens in a bottle of 

 alcohol, but unfortunately ihey never reached me. We were very far apart, and the 

 " Ocean Parcels Delivery Company " I believe is not yet in existence. The account, 

 however, confirms some observations I made during a former voyage concerning the 

 facility with which the argonaut quits her shell, and the presence of the parasitic male 

 is highly important as proving the sex of the shell-constructing individuals. My 

 friend, Mr. Kerr, was, I believe, unacquainted with my observations. — Arthur Adams; 

 Olga Bay, Manchuria, August 3, 1869. 



On the Capture of Telmessus serratus in Manchuria. — T land as usual with the 

 " seining party,'' for, besides the exciting pleasure of catching good fish, there is a 

 chance of securing something interesting to the naturalist, but not fit for the " pot." 

 We choose a shallow sandy bay full of " tangle," and where a little rivulet ruus iuto 

 the sea, for in such localities do the salmon love to congregate. It is evening, and the 

 poor Chinese fishermen have hauled their canoes high up upon the beach. They have 

 lighted their wood fires, and are peacefully employed, some smoking, and others pre- 

 paring the supper of fish. Huge rocks crowned with trees, dark and solemn in the 

 twilight, form the back ground, and already the fireflies have commenced their inter- 

 mittent illumination. The seine is taken out in the "jolly boat," and forms a vast 

 semicircle in the water, and the sailors are scattered through the bush cutting down 

 trees and making huge fires to attract the fish. Soon parties in long boots and in bare 

 legs assemble at either end of the seine, and singing songs, if not select, yet cheery, 

 commence hauling in the net. Glittering scales and silvery bellies soon show them- 

 selves above the water, and as the seine is landed, amid great excitement, a tumbling, 

 leaping mass offish is thrown upon the sand. " Here's a kinger" cry the sailors as 

 they " fist " a noble salmon. " Only a toader " cries another, casting high up among 

 the bushes an ugly brown Tetraodon. " Here's an adjective big turbot '' says a short 

 man with a rubicund proboscis ; and " Here's shrimp sauce for the turbot" says a long 

 pale boy, with a squint in his eye, picking up prawns three inches long ; and " Here," 

 sings out another of the jovial crew, " is a curio for the Doctor.'' With that a hairy 

 man of the sea brings me a large yellow somewhat apathetic crab with " Please, sir, is 

 this any good ; I never seen another like 'im," and I thank him courteously, and take 

 possession of a splendid, perfect, living specimen of my friend Adam White's Tel- 

 messus serratus. — Arthur Adams ; Olga Bay, Manchuria, August 3, 1859. 



Capture of Gonepteryx Rhamni, var. Cleopatra.— 1 have to announce the capture 

 of that remarkable variety of Gonepteryx Kiiamni called Cleopatra : it was taken by 

 my uncle, Mr. Johu FuUerton, in his grounds at Thrybergh Park, near Rotherbam, 



