238 Geology. 



1886. 



The most important acquisition of this year was the collection 

 of Recent and Fossil Brachiopoda bequeathed to the Trustees by 

 the late Dr. Thomas Davidson. 



Remains of Scelidotherium from the Pleistocene of Tarapaca, 

 Peru, subsequently described by Mr. R. Lydekker (Proc. Zool. Soc., 

 1 886), were presented by Senor Don Modesto Basadre. Marsupial 

 remains from the Pleistocene of Queensland were presented by 

 Dr. George Bennett. Proboscidian and other Mammalian teeth 

 from the Siwalik Formation of Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay, 

 were presented by Col. J. W. Watson. Some Pleistocene bones 

 from the Karnul Caves, Madras, were presented by the Director 

 of the Geological Survey of India. Bones of Rodentia and other 

 small mammals from the caverns of Corsica, were purchased from 

 Dr. Forsyth Major. 



The fine skeleton of Hyperodapedon gordoni, from the Triassic 

 sandstone of Elgin, subsequently described by Huxley (Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xliii., 1887), was presented by Rev. 

 George Gordon. The counterpart of the type-specimen of 

 Lepidotosaurus duffi, from the Magnesian Limestone of Durham, 

 was presented by Mr. W. C. Stobart. The type-specimen of 

 Clemmys watsoni, from the Siwalik Formation of Perim Island, 

 was presented by Col. J. W. Watson. A maxilla of Iguanodon, 

 from the Wealden of Sussex, described by Mr. J. W. Hulke 

 (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xlii. 1886), was presented by 

 Mr. Henry Willett. 



Two Eocene fishes (Diplomystus and Mioplosus) from the 

 Green River Shales of Wyoming, U.S.A., were presented by 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart, (now Lord Avebury). 



The Henry Johnson Collection of Wenlock and Carboniferous 

 fossils from the Dudley district, was acquired by purchase. A 

 large collection of Palaeozoic fossils from Devonshire was pur- 

 chased from Mr. Townsend M. Hall. Silurian Corals and 

 Trilobites from Yorke Peninsula, and Cretaceous and Tertiary 

 fossils from various localities in South Australia, were presented 

 by the Director of the Geological Survey of South Australia. 

 British Cretaceous fossils were purchased from Mr. J. S. Gardner. 

 Oligocene Mollusca from Headon Hill, Isle of Wight, and 

 Pliocene Mollusca from St. Erth, Cornwall, were presented by 

 Mrs. S. V. Wood. Additional Pliocene Mollusca from Latakia, 

 Syria, were presented by Dr. G. E. Post. Tertiary Mollusca 



