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MISCELLANEOUS SPECIMENS. 



Carapaces of tortoises and turtles from 6d each 



Polished carapace of a turtle, very fine specimen, 22 by 20 inches, 15s 



Tortoise in walking attitude, is 6d to 5s, according to species 



Horned toad (Phrynosoma), 3s 6d each 



Trap-door spider, 2s 6d 



Nest of trap-door spider, 2s 



Tarantula spider (large), 3s 



Sawfish " saws," is to 5s 



Crocodile's eggs, is 9d 



Tortoise and turtle eggs, is 



Snake's eggs (various), is 



Glass-rope sponge, with the parasite peculiar to its stem, 5s 



Euplectella sponges, the flinty skeleton of, popularly known as "Venus's Flower 

 Baskets," 3s 



Gorgonias or sea fans, brown, yellow and purple, fine specimens, 2s 6d to 5s each 

 Case to hold 24 microscope slides, 6d (new) 



Folding pocket net for entomologists, 4 joints, wire, with stick, 3s 9d (new) 

 Hand lens, metal rim, ebonised handle, is 6d, 2.\ ins. diameter, is 3d new 

 Kallima, dead leaf butterfly, 2S 

 Bamboo insect, large, 5s 



Unset stick insects, 6d each. These are in paper ; they are not altogether perfect 

 specimens 



Group of trap-door spiders and nests, mounted in a convex glass medallion, oval 



black frame ; a very attractive exhibit, 15s 

 Eoliths from the Kent Downs, 2s 6d to 5s each 

 Palseoliths from various localities, 2s 6d to 10s 6d each 

 Neoliths from Cissbury, 5s each 

 British knives and scrapers, id to 6d each 

 Neolithic axes from Denmark, 7s 6d each 

 Battle-axes from North America, 10s 6d each 



Arrow-heads from Wisconsin, North America, small, beautifully worked, 2s 6d each 



Large flint core, from which flints have been struck. From Pressigny le Grand 30s. 



Australian boomerang, 5s 



Skin of a large python, 2s 6d 



Fossil teeth of a horse (sp ?) is 3d each 



String bags from New Guinea, 2s 6d to 5s each 



Century Placards. 



Placards giving lists of chief events and names of celebrities, from the beginning of 

 the nth century A.D., to the present time ; one placard for each century. Size 

 20 by I2jins. Printed in clear type on stout white paper. The set of ten, price 

 half-a-crown, post free. 



SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. 



THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF THE 



Museum of British Natural History formed by the late 

 P. B. MASON, M.R.C.S., etc. 



Comprising valuable and extensive Collections of Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, 

 Rhynchota, Diptera and other insects, Birds in Cases, Shells, Crustacea, Dried 



Plants, Lichens, Fungi, Bryozoa, Glass Models of Marine Animals, etc. 

 Also the Remaining Stock of the Works on Trichopterygidse and Corylophidoe, 



by the late Rev. A. Matthews, and Mr. P. B. Mason. 

 For Sale by Privq^te^JZkejzly, an ^ t° ^ e seen a ? * Trent House ' tipon application to 



Mrs. M^M't ?1 fSp\NT HOUSE,' BUBTON-ON-TBENT. 



(i >) PBESESTED 



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