L. The Egyptian Museum of the Louvre, Paris. Leyd. The Leyden Museum. Liv. The Liverpool Museum. Luxor Specimens seen in Dealers’ shops at Luxor. Mars. The Château Borelly Museum, Marseilles. M. _B._ M. Maspero’s _Guide du visiteur au Musée de Boulaq_. M. _Cat. Ab._ Mariette’s _Catalogue général des Monuments d’Abydos_. _M.D._ Mariette’s _Monuments Divers_. M-G. Mr. W. MacGregor’s Collection, Tamworth. M. _Mast._ Mariette’s _Les Mastabas de l’Ancien Empire_. Murch Mr. Chauncey Murch’s Collection, Luxor. Myers The late Major Myers’ Collection, now in the Eton College Museum, Eton. Nash Mr. W. Nash’s Collection. Newb. Scarabs in the possession of the writer. N.Y. The Abbott Collection at New York. Piers’ Coll. Mr. Piers’ Collection, New York. P. Prof. Petrie’s Collection at University College, London. P. _I._ Prof. Petrie’s _Illahûn, Kahun and Gurob_. P. _K._vProf. Petrie’s _Kahun, Gurob and Hawara_. P. R. T. Prof. Petrie’s volumes on the Royal Tombs of Abydos. P. _Sc._ Prof. Petrie’s _Historical Scarabs_. _P.S.B.A._ _Proceedings_ of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. S.K. The South Kensington Museum. Thomp. Sir Herbert Thompson’s Collection, London. Timmins’ Coll. Capt. C. Timmins’ Collection, Cairo. T. The Turin Museum. Vat. The Egyptian Museum of the Vatican, Rome. Vien. The Vienna Museum. v-B. Baron von Bissing’s Collection, Munich. W. Mr. John Ward’s Collection, Belfast. W. _S.B._ Mr. John Ward’s volume on _The Sacred Beetle_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE I. SOME ROYAL SIGNET-RINGS. I. Signet-ring of Apepŷ I. In the possession of Mr. Theodore M. Davis. The bezel is of green-glazed steatite, carved in the shape of a scarabaeus-beetle with a human head, and mounted in a thin gold funda. On the base of the bezel is engraved in intaglio, and within a cartouche, the name of the “Good King Aauser-ra (Apepŷ I), giving life.” The cartouche is surrounded by a continuous rope-pattern. The hoop of the ring is of gold, and the bezel is secured to it by means of a gold wire running longitudinally through the funda and scarab, and coiled tightly round its two ends.