230 Geology. 



1878. 



A valuable collection of Vertebrata from the caverns and 

 rock-fissures of Malta was presented by Rear-Admiral T. A. B. 

 Spratt. It comprised remains of pigmy elephants described by 

 Busk (Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. vi.), and fragments of Chelonia 

 described by Leith Adams (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxii.) ; 

 also some remains of birds subsequently described by Lydekker 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc., 1890). 



A skull of Toxodon platensis from the Pampa of Buenos Ayres 

 was purchased from Mr. Frank Day. A rostrum of ZipMus 

 planirostris, dredged off Southwold, was presented by Dr. C. R. 

 Bree. 



The type-skull of Steneosaurus stepJiani, from the Cornbrash 

 of Dorset, was purchased from Mr. Darell Stephens. A fine 

 Plesiosaurian skull, from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, was 

 purchased from Rev. T. L. Montefiore. 



The collection of fossils from the English Chalk, made by the 

 late Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells, was purchased from Mrs. 

 Bishop. It included several valuable reptilian and fish remains, 

 besides Invertebrata, figured in Dixon's " Geology of Sussex." 

 Some Cretaceous fishes, Crustacea, &c., collected by Rev. Prof. 

 E. R. Lewis in the Lebanon, were purchased from Mr. R. 

 Damon. 



A few conodonts from the Sub-Carboniferous of Ohio were 

 presented by Dr. G. J. Hinde. 



Mr. John Rofe's collection of Carboniferous Limestone fossils, 

 chiefly Crinoidea, was presented partly by himself, partly by his 

 executor. Some Upper Silurian. Crustacea from Lanarkshire, 

 were purchased from Dr. Robert Slimon. A few fossil shells 

 and fish-teeth from the Tertiary of Coquimbo, Chili, were 

 presented by Mr. C. J. Lambert. 



Numerous Palaeozoic Invertebrata, shells from Raised Beaches, 

 and Tertiary leaves, collected by Captain H. W. Feilden while 

 with the Nares Expedition (H.M.SS. Alert and Discovery) in the 

 Arctic Regions, were presented by the Lords of the Treasury. 



A large collection of Tertiary plant-remains from Austria, 

 including many type- and described specimens, was purchased 

 from Baron Constantin von Ettingshausen. A few Tertiary 

 leaves from Euboea were purchased from Mr. R. Damon. 

 Total number of acquisitions, 6379. 



