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INTRODUCTION. 
Professor Desmarest, J. E, Gray, Esq., Marquess Spinola, 
and S. P. Pratt, Esq., from the Mediterranean. 
Captain Lewis, from Genoa. 
Madame Jeannette Power and William Swainson, Esq., from 
Dr. Heckel, from Dalmatia. 
M. Drewsen and Dr. Mailer, from Iceland. 
G. Woodfall, Esq., from Norway, 
W. W. Saunders, Esq., from Albania. 
The Asiatic specimens, presented by 
Major-General Thomas Hardivicke , from India and the 
Indian Islands. 
Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., R.N., from the Indian 
Ocean, Chinese and Japanese Seas. 
Dr. Davy and Robert Templeton, Esq., R.A., from Ceylon. 
J. C. Bowring, Esq., from China. 
Purchased of 
Mr. Cuming, a large collection from the Philippine Islands, and 
The Leyden Museum, the species from China and Japan de^- 
scribed by M. De Haan. 
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Species from the Coast of Africa, presented by 
Mr. John Cranch, from the Congo Expedition. 
T. Whitfield, Esq., and G. Newport, Esq., from the W. Coast 
of Africa and Cape de Verd. 
The Earl of Derby. 
Andrew Smith, M.D., from Port Natal and the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
Capt. Carmichael, from Tristan da Cunha. 
