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Tertiary of Bissex Hill, Barbados, were presented by Col. 

 H. W. Feilclen. 



Miscellaneous Invertebrata, collected by the late Mr. W. F. 

 Jennings of High worth, from the Mesozoic rocks of Britain, were 

 presented by Miss Ethel A. Thomas. Collections of Invertebrata 

 from the Inferior Oolite of Yeovil and from the Oxford Clay of 

 St. Ives, were purchased from Mr. Henry Monk and Mr. T. Jesson 

 respectively. The type-specimen of Palseotermes ellisi, from 

 the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar, was presented by Mr. 

 Montagu Browne. Upper Silurian Ostracoda were purchased 

 from Prof. T. Rupert Jones. British and French Eocene 

 Mollusca were purchased from Mr. J. S. Gardner. A slab of 

 shell-marble from La Luz, New Mexico, was presented by 

 Mr. O. H. Howarth. Pleistocene non-marine Mollusca from 

 Bohemia were purchased from Dr. Anton Fritsch. Pleistocene 

 Mollusca from Barbados were presented by Right Rev. Bishop 

 Mitchinson ; from Malta, by Mr. J. H. Cooke. Pleistocene non- 

 marine Mollusca from Grays and the Kennet Valley ( J. Pickering 

 Collection), were presented by the Council of the Geologists' 

 Association. Miocene Echinoids from Malta were presented by 

 Mr. J. H. Cooke. A unique specimen of Amplexus from the 

 Carboniferous Limestone of Weston was purchased from Rev. 

 H. G. Tomkins. A collection of slides of Foraminifera and other 

 minute organisms, made by the late Prof. W. K. Parker, was 

 purchased from Prof. W. N. Parker. The collection of the late 

 Dr. W. B. Carpenter, illustrating his researches on Eozoon 

 canadense, was presented by Rev. J. Estlin Carpenter. Fora- 

 minifera from the Upper Chalk of Taplow were purchased from 

 Mr. F. Chapman; from the Tertiary of Trinidad, from Mr. 

 R. J. Lechmere Guppy. Specimens of Radiolarian marl from 

 Barbados were presented by Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne. 



Remains of Glossopteris and associated plants, collected by 

 Mr. Edgar Hall in New South Wales, were presented by Mr. 

 W. H. Shrubsole. Another instalment of the Rufford Collection 

 of Wealden plants was purchased. 



Total number of acquisitions, 11,781. 



1893. 



The most remarkable acquisitions this year were remains of 

 extinct lemurs, Hippopotamus, Aepyornis, crocodiles, etc., from 

 the superficial deposits of Madagascar, purchased from Mr. 



