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still preserved ; and he liaa just added the cast of the thigh-bone 

 of a huge Dinosaur from the Cretaceous formatiou of the Rocky 

 Mountains (named Atlanfosaurtts), measuring more than six feet 

 iu length, and rivalling in size the famous limb-bones of Cetio- 

 saurus in the Oxford Museum. 



It is to be hoped that the Trustees may be able, ere long, 

 to secure actual specimens of the Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals 

 from this marvellously rich Cretaceous region of North America. 



An entire bony dermal body-shield and restored tail-sheath of 

 a new species of extinct giant Armadillo ( Hojjlophorus ornatus) 

 has just been added to the already rich series of fossil Edentata 

 from the alluvial deposits of Buenos Ayres, rendered historical 

 by the researches of Burmeister and Owen. 



The first " Illustrated GtUIDE " printed by tlie Trustees was 

 issued in October 1882, for the (geological Department. Dr. 

 Woodward is endeavouring, by coloured maps and tahJes, to show 

 in all cases the G-eographical and Geological range of each 

 genus ; diagrams and illustrations have also been introduced to 

 explain the anatomical details and the reconstruction (where 

 possible) of the fossil organism. Becent analogues have also been 

 introduced to add to the instructiveness of the collections. It is 

 hoped, b}' the judicious introduction of selected typical skeletons 

 of living Mammals, to be placed in the South-east Gallery in 

 juxtaposition to their allied fossil remains, that the student of 

 Comparative Anatomy may not only suffer no inconvenience by 

 the exhibition of the fossil Mammalia in a gallery of their own, 

 but will, on the contrary, find the arrangement conducive to a 

 better comprehension and illustration of the continuity of the 

 Life-history of the Earth, which, as Biologists, we must all desire 

 to see clearly displayed for the instruction of students and the 

 public at large. 



During the past year our Meetings have been well attended ; 

 and I think that the members present will agree with me when 

 I say that they have been most instructive. "We have had a 

 number of very interesting exhibitions, for wliich our thanks are 

 especially due to the authorities of Kew and of the British 

 Museum. 



In the past season 52 papers have been read before the 

 Society. Many of these have been printed ; but a few important 

 memoirs still are in the press, and tiiese it is hoped will be issued 

 at an early date. 



As regards sales of Publications, this has been about an average. 

 It is noticeable, however, that the Journals have increased in their 

 sale. 



It will be seen that the Society still keep in view the words of 

 our veteran President Mr. Bentham in his remarks in 1873, when 

 he stated that the three great objects of tlie Society should be 



