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from China, described by Dr. Thomas Davidson (Quart. Journ. 

 Geol. Soc., 1853), and also Pleistocene Mammalian teeth from 

 Chinese caverns, which he had purchased in the apothecaries' 

 shops at Canton. Mr. W. K. Loftus, a Boundary Commissioner, 

 presented a collection of Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils, chiefly 

 Hippurites and Nummulites, from Persia. 



The collection of fossil Mammalia was much enriched by a 

 series of remains from the Pliocene of the Val d'Arno, Italy, 

 collected and presented by Mr. J. B. Pentland. A valuable 

 series of mammalian remains, including skulls of the cave-bear, 

 from the caverns of Sundwig, Westphalia, collected by Mr. B. 

 Van Becke, was purchased at a sale. The unique palate of 

 Anthracotherium magnum, from the Lower Miocene of Flonheim, 

 Hesse Darmstadt, was also acquired by purchase. 



Among Reptilia, the Wilcox Collection, chiefly Chelonia from 

 the Purbeck Beds, was purchased. Some noteworthy specimens 

 of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus, from the Lower Lias of Lyme 

 Regis, were also added. 



The Astier collection of Mollusca, chiefly Cephalopoda, from 

 the Cretaceous and Jurassic of the Basses Alpes, was obtained by 

 purchase. A large collection of Belgian fossils was similarly 

 acquired from Prof. L. G. de Koninck. Rev. P. B. Brodie presented 

 some Jurassic insects and other remains ; Mr. N. T. Wetherell, 

 some London Clay Gasteropoda; and Mr. S. P. Pratt, some 

 Palaeozoic Brachiopoda from Spain. 



1854. 



A large collection of Pleistocene Mammalia from the Pampa 

 Formation of the Argentine Republic was purchased from Mr. 

 Auguste Bravard. 



Important additions were made to the collection of Hippurites 

 from the Cretaceous of France and Portugal, notably a dona- 

 tion from Mr. S. P. Pratt. Mr. Charles Stokes' collection of 

 Silurian Cephalopoda from Drummond Island, Lake Huron 

 (some described in Trans. Geol. Soc. London, 1824 and 1840), 

 was purchased from his executors. Series of Russian Silurian 

 Mollusca and Brachiopoda, and Polish Miocene Mollusca, were 

 presented by Sir Roderick I. Murchison. Mr. H. W. Taylor's 

 collection of English Chalk fossils was purchased from his 

 executors. A large collection of Mollusca from the Miocene of 

 Bordeaux, was purchased from Mr. Deshayes. Mr. Charles 

 Darwin presented a few fossil Cirripedes. 



