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without anyone devoting special attention to the Coleoptera, Diptera 

 or other branches of entomology. Some more ornithologists would 

 also be welcomed, as there is a good deal of interesting work waiting 

 to be done among the migratory birds, and Poole Harbour and the 

 environs of Christchurch, which have contributed so many valuable 

 specimens to Hart's Museum at Christchurch, aftord very favourable 

 opportunities for pursuing this study. 



During the year an interesting and uncommon 

 Teaiia specimen was obtained in the bay — set Fig i, Plate 



Crassicornis. HI, which represents a sea anemone, Teaiia 



crassicornis, devouring a crab. The anemone has 

 partly swallowed the crab, which, however, appears to have been 

 too large for it. In the struggle, the anemone probably lost its grip 

 on the rock or stone to which it was attached, and so was unable to 

 complete its meal. It clung, however, to its prey to the end. An 

 anemone would hardly have been expected to attack or to devour 

 so large an object as this crab. This specimen was presented to 

 the Society's Museum by H. J. Waddington, Esq., F.L.S. 



The frontispiece illustrates a unique series of the 

 Ecdyses of a Ecdyses or cast off shells of a lobster. This 

 Lobster. series has been prepared by H. J. Waddington, 



Esq., F.L.S. , who has succeeded in the difficult 

 task of rearing this lobster, which is still alive, and watching its 

 growth for over three years. The dates of the Ecdyses and their 

 measurements are as follows : — 



August 2 I St, 



1906 



2.20 



cm. 



September 14th 



3> 



2.55 



j> 



October gth 



>> 



2.90 



5 J 



November 23rd 



3> 



3.40 



)3 



March 14th, 



1907 



3.70 





May 5th 



)> 



4.0 





July 14th 



5) 



4.40 



5) 



August 24th 



J5 



5-05 



)} 



October 26th 



J> 



5.60 



)> 



February 17th, 



1908 



6.30 



?5 



May 12th 



JJ 



7.3^0 



S? 



August 1 6th 



)J 



8.35 



J» 



December 9th 



>J 



9.30 



? ' 



June 8th, 



1909 



TO.35 



•>1 



This series of Ecdyses was shown at one of the Society's 

 meetings, and has since been presented to the British Museum. 



A rather rare crab, Gonoplax angulatus, was taken in Bourne- 

 mouth Bay, during the summer, in a trawl net, and has been 

 presented by Mr. Waddington to the Society's Museum. 



