466 PETKIFAOTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS. CHAP. VI 



Ananchytes, Echinocorys, Echinolampas, Holaster, Galerites, Cidaris 

 Diadema, Acrosalenia, Glypticus, Disaster, Pygurus, Clypeaster, Scutella 

 Salmasis, Echinocyanus, &C. 1 There is also a good series of echini ta: 

 spines. The Chalk Cidarites with spines, and those from the Oolite, are 

 very beautiful ; many of my choicest examples of Echinoderms disco 

 vered in the Chalk of Sussex are in this cabinet. 



2. In this Table will be deposited a collection of fossil Insects and 

 Crustaceans. Among the former are beautiful specimens of Neuroptera. 

 Diptera, &c. from the eocene strata of Aix, in Provence. There is a re 

 markable and unique fossil wing of an insect in an ironstone nodule 

 from Coalbrook Dale, discovered by me, and named Gorydalis Brong- 

 niarti. 2 



The fossil crustaceans are chiefly of the extinct family of Trilobites> 

 and comprise many species from the palaeozoic strata. 3 



There are also species of Astacidae allied to the Lobster and Cray- 

 fish, and of Canceridae, from the Chalk, (Astacus Leachii, A. Sussex- 

 siensis, figured in my " Fossils of the South Downs") ; 4 and others ol 

 the same family from Solenhofen. There are likewise a few crustaceans 

 from the tertiary deposits of the Isle of Sheppey, Malta, &c. 



3. A miscellaneous collection of fossil zoophytes, ventriculites, choan- 

 ites, &c. the greater part from the chalk of Sussex, collected by the 

 Author. 5 



Table-case 4. FOSSIL CORALS. A miscellaneous collection of Zoo- 

 phytes. 



5. A very fine series of (Terebratulce) Brachiopodous shells, named 

 and arranged by Mr. "Woodward. A most instructive and beautiful 

 collection, comprising many unique, and rare examples. 



6. Unoccupied. 



7. Another fine series of fossil Brachiopodous shells; comprising 

 many species of the genera Spirifer, Orthis. Leptcena, Productus, 

 Crania, Lingula, &c. 6 



8. Unoccupied. 



9. (Upright-case, 4) This Case contains on the upper shelf the 

 cranium and lower jaw of the Megatherium, from which the cast of the 

 restored skeleton was taken : in the middle compartment there are ribs 

 and vertebrae, and in the lowest a series of the caudal vertebrae, sixteen 

 in number, as perfect as in a recent skeleton. 



10. (Upright-case, 3.) Other remains of the Megatherium : here are 

 the originals of the bones of the feet, and of the humerus, and ulna, of 

 the model. 



11. (Table-case.) A highly interesting collection of jaws, teeth, and 



1 See "Medals of Creation," ch. xi. p. 840. 



2 " Medals of Creation," vol. ii. p. 578. 



3 Ibid. p. 552. 



4 Ibid. p. 536. 



5 For a popular account of Yentriculites and Choanites, see " Thoughts- 

 on a Pebble, or a first Lesson in Geology," 8th edition, with numerous 

 plates. 



e "Medals of Creation," p. 378. 



