MUSEUMS. 23 



Rodentia— 



From North Luzon:— Chrotomys whiteheadi, Thos, 6 and ?, Phlceomys 

 pallidus, Nehr. £ ; Crateromys schadenbergi, Meyer, ? ; Mus everetti, 

 two 3 (one immature); M. luzonicus, $ and $ ; JLf. chrysocomus, two (J ; 

 Rhynchomys soricoides, § j Carpomys phamrus, 6 ', C. melanurus, 6 

 and 9 • 



From North Borneo : — Hylomys suillus, t} ; Sciurits notatus, Thos. $ ; 

 S. whiteheadi; ? S.jmtincM, 6. 



Carnivora— 



Black Musang, $ , North Luzon. 



Cheiroptera— 



Pteropus jubatus, Esch., c? and $ , North Luzon j P. vampirus, ? , 

 Catanduanes Island. 



Primates— 



Tarsius fuscns, $, Samar Island (14. 12. 97. 53-75); purchased. 



Skeleton of N. Australian Aboriginal (Homo sapiens) (14. 12. 97. 1) ; 

 purchased. 



Three sub-fossil fragments of Bone (sp. indet.), from Caerwys Quarry, 

 Pwllgwyn, Wales (22. 12. 97. 1); presented by Mr. Manger. 



Botanical Department. 



The acquisitions in this Department are as follows : — 



Models of Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisice) ; Black Mould (Rhizopus nigricans) 

 Male Fern (Aspidium filix mas) ; Bracken (Pteris serrulaia) ; Spikelet of Oat 

 (Avena sativa) ; Bye (Secale cereale) ; Buttercup [Ranunculus acris) ; Lark- 

 spur (Delphinium Consolida) ; Christmas Bose (Heleborus niger) ; Monk's 

 Hood (Aconitum Napellus) ; Red Poppy (Papaver Rhoeas) ; Rape (Brassica 

 Napus) ; Stouecrop (Sedum acre) ; Pea (Pisum sativum) ; Bean {Phaseolus 

 vulgaris) ; Clover (Trifolium pratense) ; Stinking Mayweed (Anthemis Cotula); 

 Cornflower (Gentaurea Cyanus) (4. 1. 97. 1-18) ; purchased. 



Collection of Fossil Plants (8. 3. 97. 1-42) from the Hastings Sand near 

 Hastings, consisting of over 100 specimens, referred to about 40 species : — 

 Chara knoioltoni, Sew. ; Marchantites zeilleri, Sew. ; Eqtiisetites burchardti, 

 Dunk. ; E. yokoyamce, Sew.; Onychyopsis mantelli, Brong., and fertile segments 

 of the same ; 0. elongata, Geyl. ; Matonidium gopperti ; Ruffordia gopperti, 

 Sew.; R. gopperti var. latifolia, Sew.; Cladophlebis albertsii, Dunk.; C. dunkeri, 

 Schimp. ; Sphenopteris fontainii, Sew.; S.fittoni; Weichselia mantelli, Brong.; 

 Sagenopteris mantelli. Dunk. ; Leckenbya valdensis, Sew. ; Tempskya schimperi, 



