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Carapace of West Indian Green Turtle, Chelone Mydas, caught December, 

 1897. Captain GilbcTt Hmvse. 



Moloch horridus from West Australia, and several small Pipe fishes from 

 South Australia. Purchased. 



A rare Siluroid Fish {Plecostofims sp. ?), caught in the Parana las Palmas 

 Campana ; brought home frozen in River Plate steamer Zephyrus, 

 1888. Presented by Richard Howse, yune, iSg8. 



INVERTEBRATA. 



Two specimens of Norwegian Lobster {Nephrops Norvegicus), from trawler 



off Durham coast. Mr. Archibald E. MacDoriald, Newcastle. 



Two specimens of Galatea strigosa caught in lobster pots off Newbiggin- 



by-the-Sea. y. I. Malitig, Esq. 



Death's Head Moth from Smafield. 



APr. yohn Avery, Christon Batik Station. 

 Larva of a large Beetle {Dynastes ?), found in rotten wood in a bole of 

 Lignum-vittB from Mexico. C. y. Milburn, Oviftgham. 



A small collection of Chilian Coleoptera from Chili. 



Frederico T. Delfin, Cirujano de Marina, Chili. 

 Shells from Natal, South Africa, collected by Mrs. Gethin. 



Presented by Mrs. Gethin' s daughter. 

 A collection of Mollusca, Echinoderms, and other Marine Invertebrata 

 from the White Sea, from the monastery of Solovetsky. 



Presented by the Rev. W. Renton Pascoe, British Chaplain, 



Archangel, per Capt. Gilbert ffozosc. 

 Some specimens oi Bulimus Zebra ox pri^iceps found in the hollow stem of 

 a Log of Lignu7n-vitce. Mr. Polworth, St. Peters. 



Several fine sponges from the North Sea, obtained by a Trawler. 



Presetited by Mr. Wvi, Walker, South Shields. 



PLANTS. 



Three examples of Trientalis Europcea from the Sillsburn, near Rochester, 

 Redewater, Northumberland. 



Presented by Rev. Thomas Stevens, Horsley Vicarage. 



A piece of Lignunt-vitce from Mexico, part of a log in the hollow of which 



were found several larvae of one of the Giant Beetles and specimens of 



Bulimus. Presented by Chris, y. Milbicrn, Ovinghatn. 



FascicuH of British plants of the genera Rubi, Salices, Hitracca. 



Presented by the Rev. Cation Norman, 



