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and opercnlnm (where present) preserved. The series 
includes some beautiful examples of the genera, Cypraea, 
Conns, Pyrula, Mur ex, Rcmella, Turritella, Area, Cardiiim, &c. 
The Curator ventures to express a hope that when the 
gallery (given hy the Honorary Curator of Greology) has been 
erected in the Tertiary Room, hanging cases will he erected hy 
the Society for the proper display of our concealed Conchological 
treasures. 
Insects and Crustacea. —The only additions to these 
Departments during the past year, are a line specimen of the 
Grreat Northern Stone Crab (Lithodes Maia), taken off Hartle¬ 
pool, and a small collection of insects from New Zealand. 
Botany. —The English and Foreign Herbaria are in a good 
state of preservation. Through the kind assistance of Mr. Ball, 
of St. Leonard’s Place, the Curator was able to purchase 150 
dried specimens of Foreign Ferns, collected and named by the 
late Mr. Baines the Sub-Curator of the Museum, which the 
Curator of Botany considers a valuable addition. 
The late Mr. Rudston-Read, who took such a warm interest 
in every matter relating to the Grrounds and Grardens of the 
Museum, presented us very shortly before his death with a 
valuable collection of Stove, Grreenhouse, and hardy Herbaceous 
plants, including Palms, Orchids, Tropical Mosses, and Ferns, 
a list of which is enclosed. 
Palms 
Orchids 
Miscellaneous 
( Latania borbonica. 
I Seforthia elegans. 
I Phoenix rupicola. 
I Corypha gebunga. 
^ Brahea filamentosa. 
( Acrides affine. 
< Caclogyne cristata. 
( Saccolabium ampulaceum. 
^ Curculigo recurvata. 
Begonia Rex. 
Dahlias, single. 
I Eucalyptus sp. 
\ Dracoena sp. 
Coleus Ariel. 
Coleus Ada Sentance, 
