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Plain Ring Nets, Wire or Cane, including stick, is. 3d., 2s., 2s. 6d. 



Folding Nets, 3s. 6d. and 4s. 



Umbrella Nets (self-acting), 7s. 



Pocket Boxes, 6d. ; corked both sides, gd., is. and is. 6d. 



Zinc Relaxing Boxes, gd., is., is. 6d. and 2s. 



Nested Chip Boxes, 4 dozen, yd,, is. 6d. gross. 



Entomological Pins, mixed, is., is. 6d. per oz. 



Sugaring Lanterns, 2s. 6d. to 8s. 



Sugaring Tins, with brush, is. 6d., 2s. 



Sugaring Mixture, ready for use, is. gd. per tin, 



Mite Destroyer (not dangerous to use), is. 6d. per lb. 



Store Boxes, with Camphor Cells, 2s. 6d., 4s., 5s. and 6s. 



Ditto, Book Pattern, 8s. 6d., gs. 6d. and los. 6d. 

 Setting Boards, flat or oval, 1 in., 6d. ; i^in.,8d. ; i| in., gd. ; 210., 



lod. ; 2^ in., is. ; 3 in., is. 2d. ; 34 in., is. 4d. ; 4 in., is. 6d. 



4i in., IS. 8d. ; 5 in., is. lod. Complete set of 14 boards, los. 6d. 

 Setting Houses, gs. 6d. and iis. 6d. ; corked back, 14s. 

 Zinc Larva Boxes, gd., is. Brass Chloroform Bottle, 2s. 6d. 

 Breeding Cages, 2s. 6d., 4s., 5s. and 7s. 6d. 



All articles enmnerated are kepi in stock, and 



The " DIXON " LAMP NET (invaluable for taking Moth 



recently much im 



, 4s. 6d. 

 [7s. 6d. 



Taxidermist's Companion, i.e. a pocket leather case containing 



most useful instruments for skinning, los. 6d. 

 Scalpels, IS. 3d. ; Label Lists of Birds' Eggs, 2d., 3d., 6d. 

 Scissors, per pair, 2s. Setting Needles, 3d. and 6d. per box. 

 Coleopterist's Collecting Bottle, with tube, is. 6d., is. 8d. 

 Botanical Cases, japanned double tin, is. 6d., 2s. gd., 3s. 6d., 

 Botanical Paper, is. id., is. 4d., is. gd., & 2s. 2d. per quire. 

 Insect Cases, imitation mahogany, 2s. 6d. to iis. 

 Cement for replacing antenna, 4d. per bottle. 

 Forceps for removing insects, is. 6d., 2s,, 2s, 6d. per pair. 

 Cabinet Cork, 7 by 3A, best quality, is. 4d. per dozen sheets. 

 Pupa Diggers, in leather sheath, is. gd. Insect Lens, is. to 8s. 

 Glass Topped and Glass Bottomed Boxes, from is. per dozen. 

 Label Lists of British Butterflies, 2d. 



Ditto Land and Fresh-Water Shells, 2d. 



Egg Drills, 2d., 3d., gd. ; Metal Blow Pipe, 4d. and 6d. 

 Our new Label List of British Macro-Lepidoptera, with Latin and 



English Names, is. 6d. Our new Catalogue of British Lepido- 



ptera, every species numbered, is. ; or on one side for Labels, 2s. 



can be sent i77iviediately on receipt 0/ order. 



s off Street Lamps without climbing the lamp-posts), 

 proved, 3s. 6d. 



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Insect. 



Eggs. 



Minerals and Dried 

 Plants, Fossils, &c. 





Insect. 



Eggs. 



Minerals and Dried 

 Plants, Fossils, &c. 



4 Drawers . . . 



. .. 13s. 6d. .. 



I2S. od. 



los. 6d. 



8 Drawers . . . 



33s. . . . 



3QS. 



25s. 



6 Drawers . . . 



. .. 17s. 6d. .. 



.. i6s. 6d. 



15s. od. 



10 Drawers - . . 



.... 45s. . . . 



.... 56s. 



45s. 



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1901 1902 CATALOGUE 



OF 



MICROSCOPES 



and all Accessories for Collecting, Preparing and Storing 

 Specimens. Also particulars of our 



MICRO-SLIDE LENDING DEPARTMENT, 



Containing Complete Lists of Sf>eci-}nens with descriptions 

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ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S GARDENS, 



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The Journal of Conchology: 



Beingr the Org'an of the Concholo§:ical Society of Great 

 Britain and Ireland. 



Hon. Sec.— W. E. HOYLE, M.A., Owens College, Manchester. 



The number for January, 1901, begins a New Volume, and 



contains a List of British Marine Mollusca, revised and 



brought up to date by a Committee of the Society. 



A FILMLESS CINEMATOGRAPH 



For taking and projecting life-size animated photographs with 

 greatest perfection to the extent of over 500 pictures. 



Specially constructed for the Amateur op Professional. 



Price £6 10s. 



Negatives and Positive 



Plates, 2/6 each. 



Subject Plates, 3/6. 



6d. allowed for each Plate 

 returned unbroken. 



With the KAMMATO GRAPH an ordinary dryglas.s plai^ is used 

 instead of cinematograph film. The method of developing KAM- 

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High-class Lantern and Jet, in travelling box . . . . . . £5 



Do., do,, with patent electric arc lamp .. .. .. .. £6 



PATENT RHEOSTAT, which takes from 12 to 50 amperes at 

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Also jnadefor 200 and 250 volta^^e. 

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