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^ Ceylon (dJojMceus cinctix>es) ; a nest formed on the stems 

 of Palm leaves by White Ants (Termes) from Sierra Leone ; 

 a nest formed on the ground, also by White Ants, from the 

 same locality ; a piece of sheet-lead gnawed through by 

 White Ants, from North-West Australia ; nest of a Tree Ant 

 (CreTYiatogaster) from Sierra Leone ; a mass of cocoons of a 

 Honey Moth (AphoTnia sociella) found in a disused dog- 

 kennel in England ; a series of specimens illustrating the life 

 history of a Gregarious Moth (Anaphe panda), with the nest, 

 samples of silk and Parasitic Fly, from D 'Urban ; a remark- 

 ably long cocoon formed by the Caterpillar of one of the 

 Psychidce from New Guinea ; specimens illustrating the 

 metamorphoses of the Cockchafer (Melolontha vulgaris), in 

 spirits ; also of a Beetle (Spondylis), an Ant Lion (Myrme- 

 leon), and a Wasp (Vespa). 



Some of the Moths of the family Saturniidce in the table- 

 case have been replaced by bred specimens presented for 

 exhibition by the Zoological Society, and others have been 

 removed to make room for the exhibition of a number of 

 preserved larvae of various species presented by Lord 

 Walsingham. 



To the exhibited series in the British Room has been added : 

 — A House Martin's nest in which a colony of Humble Bees 

 {Bomhus muscorum) have made their moss nest ; this has 

 been attacked by the Caterpillars of a Honey Moth (Ajohomia 

 sociella), a well-known bee parasite, the cocoons of which are 

 on the top of the nest, from East Clandon, Surrey. 



10. The most interesting additions to the exhibited series 

 in the Starfish Gallery are a finely preserved specimen of 

 Echinus acutus from the Zoological Station at Naples ; two 

 examples of PhorTnosonia placenta, one expanded and the 

 other shrunken, to demonstrate the flexibility of the test of 

 this curious urchin ; a fine example of ActinoTYietra, on which 

 it has been possible to label distinctly the various groups of 

 arm-joints ; and examples prepared to show the generic 

 differences between Antedon and Actinometra. 



For the Coral Gallery, preliminary to a complete revision 

 of the Alcyonaria, diagrams illustrative of the chief 

 structural features of the more important types have been 

 prepared ; labels descriptive of the Antipatharia have been 

 fixerl to the wall. Two very interesting separate cases have 

 been set up, one showing the various modes of growth 

 exhibited by species of Juncella, and the other containing 

 some fine examples of Alcyonarians (Ctenocella pectinata and 

 Gorgonia australiensis) from North Queensland. Various 

 descriptive labels have also been added. 



A large number of Stony Corals have been repaired, and a 

 considerable proportion mounted for exhibition. 



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