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connection with the work upon which Dr. Kidston is 

 engaged. Mr. Henry Woods, M.A., of Cambridge 

 University, has continued his examination and study of 

 the Greensand and Chalk fossils in the Museum in 

 connection with his " Monograph on the Cretaceous 

 Lamellibranchiata " for the Palseontographical Society. 

 The Liassic reptilian remains have been examined by 

 Dr. von Huene of Tubingen University in connection 

 with his studies. 



Invertebrate Zoology. 



Many additions, and a certain amount of readjust- 

 ment of sections was required in the Greville-Smyth 

 room, and has been carried out through the year. 



Early in the year, Professor Arthur Thomson of 

 Aberdeen University, sent a valuable gift of twenty-nine 

 rare coelenterates, all of which have been added to the 

 exhibited series. Amongst the more important of these 

 specimens are examples of Melitodes variabilis, Xetiia 

 umbellata, Cavernularia obesa, Dendronephthya dendrophyta, 

 Amphilaphis regularis, Primnoa reseda, S tacky odes clavata, 

 Mopsea whiteleggei, Siphogorgia variabilis, Antipathes 

 abies and free swimming Anemones. The extension of 

 this department impressed upon the Curator the great 

 need of determining the actual wealth of the Museum 

 in mollusca, and the separation of the whole into 

 exhibition series, reserve collection, and duplicates. To 

 accomplish this, all stores were ransacked, and many 

 boxes brought to light which had not been opened for 

 more than thirty years. The resultant collection of shells 

 was beyond belief. For more than six months these 

 stores were opened out, cleaned, classified and arranged 

 in one of the three classes mentioned. The final result 



