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Close by we notice the only specimens of that elegant tube-build- 

 ing Annelid, Sabella penicillus, but small in size and few in number. 

 It is a fairly hardy species, and generally thrives well in an 

 aquarium, needing but slight attention to maintain it in a healthy 

 condition. Terebella conchilega absolutely swarms, its jagged, irregular 

 tubes with fringed apertures sticking up in conspicuous abundance. 

 Linens marinus, another worm, is fairly common under stones, and 

 Cirratulus borealis, with its long thread-like filaments, is likewise 

 captured in some numbers. Polynoe squamata, one of the scale-bearing 

 Annelids, also under stones and among the accumulated mud at the 

 roots of Laminaria. 



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CHRISTOPHER GEORGE HALL. 



We regret to record the death of this well-known Entomologist, 

 which took place at his residence at Dover, on the 3rd September, 

 after a long illness. 



Mr. Hall was born in 1848, and passed the early part of his life at 

 Norwood. While quite a lad, his strong taste for Entomology led him 

 to obtain an introduction to Mr. Stainton, at whose house he became 

 acquainted with Mr. Douglas, Mr. McLachlan, and other prominent 

 Entomologists. His efforts were directed at first, almost exclusively 

 to Lepidoptera, but subsequently the Coleoptera became his favourite 

 study. Besides these orders he also bestowed considerable attention 

 to the Tenthredinidae, of which he had good collections. 



Possessed of a private income, he was able to devote himself to the 

 study of music, for which he had undoubted talent, and he at one time 

 or other was leader of the Orchestra at the Princess, the Olympic, and 

 other London Theatres. 



About the year 1881, he removed to Deal, and while there he 

 worked the district assiduously for Lepidoptera, taking many good 

 species, and adding considerably to' his fine collection. Nor was he 

 less successful with Coleoptera and Hemiptera. Among other good 

 things taken here may be mentioned Lithocaris castanea, Bledius crassi- 

 collis, Staphylinus latebricola, and Cerambyx heros. 



About three years ago, finding Deal was too cold in the winter, he 



