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The collections of Perthshire Lichens have been put in order in 
the exhibition case, and the duplicate collections are now available 
for reference. For this the Committee’s thanks are due to Miss 
Thomas. 
Some time ao'o Mr. R. H. Meldrum undertook to re-mount the 
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collections of Perthshire mosses. He reports to me as follows :— 
“The mounting of the mosses in the Museum Herbarium has been 
continued during the past year, and the only specimens now 
remaining unmounted are a few recently collected by Mr. MTntosh 
of Inver and myself. These will be mounted as soon as time 
permits.” 
The Fungi collections continue to grow, further donations having 
been received from Mr. MTntosh, Mr. Menzies, and Miss Miles. 
At the end of each week during the months of June and July, a 
small collection of named wild flowers of the district was on exhibi¬ 
tion in the Lecture Room. Post cards having been issued to the 
Schools in the City and neighbourhood, many children, and a 
number of classes along with their teachers made use of the collec¬ 
tions. Miss Thomas took an active part in this work. We are to 
repeat the experiment again this year. 
The Index, or Type Museum. 
In December, 1902, a considerable collection of Coelenterata— 
anemones, jelly-fish, corals, &c.—were purchased from the Naples 
marine station, many of them of great beauty and most delicate 
structure. These, along with additions made to the group from time 
to time, have been classified and arranged in their proper cases, Index 
Museum , Case No. S-4-. On the base of No. 4 a large rectangular 
glass tank 3 feet by 9 inches deep has been arranged to illustrate 
a few characteristic corals, anemones, sea-pens, &c., in natural 
surroundings. The labeling of these cases has yet to be done. 
A very handsome donation was received from the Trustees of the 
British Museum (Natural History), consisting of over 800 specimens 
of insects from the duplicate collections of the Natural History 
Department. The collection includes—291 Lepidoptera (butterflies 
and moths) ; 361 Coleoptera (beetles) : 81 Hemiptera (bugs); 36 
Diptera (flies) ; and 33 Orthoptera (grasshoppers, J t c.) 
Application was again made to the Board of Education for aid to 
purchase material to illustrate a case on Economic Entomology— 
insects injurious or useful in agriculture and forestry. My Lords 
approved of the scheme and of the list submitted by the Curator, 
and agreed to grant 50 per cent, towards the nett cost. This very 
beautiful material is now to hand, and consists of over 90 species of 
