258 Geology. 



Palaeozoic fishes from the Upper Devonian of Ohio, comprising 

 Dinichthyids and Elasmobranchs, was purchased from Dr. 

 William Clark, of Berea. 



An extensive series of Mammalian remains, chiefly of Lemurs, 

 from the caverns of Madagascar, was purchased from Mr. 

 F. Sikora. A reconstructed skeleton of Hippopotamus madagas- 

 cariensis, from superficial deposits in Madagascar, was purchased 

 from Dr. Forsyth Major. A few bones of Lower Pliocene 

 Mammalia from Maragha, Persia, were presented by Mr. 

 R. T. Giinther. Mammalian remains from the Phosphorites of 

 southern France were purchased from Mr. B. Sturtz ; from the 

 Tertiaries of Patagonia, from Mr. R. F. Damon. A tusk of 

 Trichechodon and other Mammalian fossils from the Red Crag 

 of Suffolk were presented by the Committee of the Ipswich 

 Museum. 



A pelvis, vertebrae, and limb-bones of Hesperornis, from the 

 Chalk of Kansas, were purchased from Mr. Handel T. Martin. 



The nearly complete wing-bones of a gigantic Pterodactyl, 

 Pteranodon, from the Kansas Chalk, were also purchased from 

 Mr. Martin. Important remains of Mosasauria (Platecarpus, 

 Clidastes, and Tylosaurus) and Fishes (Anogmius, etc.) from the 

 same formation, were purchased from Mr. C. H. Sternberg. 



Freshwater Tertiary Fishes from the Lignite of Taubate, 

 San Paulo, Brazil, were presented by Mr. John Gordon. Addi- 

 tional Fish-remains from the Upper Silurian of Lanarkshire were 

 purchased from Mr. F. H. Butler. 



Miscellaneous British Fossil Invertebrata were purchased 

 from Mr. T. D. Palin. Some Ordovician and Silurian fossils 

 from Ontario, Canada, were presented by Col. C. C. Grant, and 

 others were purchased from Dr. H. M. Ami. Two pieces of 

 fossiliferous Carboniferous Limestone from Siam were presented 

 by Mr. W. Mahon Daly. Marine Triassic Lamellibranchs from 

 the Malay Peninsula, described by R. B. Newton (Proc. Malac. 

 Soc. London, vol. iv.), were presented by Mr. H. F. Bellamy. 

 Fossils from the English Chalk were presented by Mr. W. 

 McPherson ; from the Red Chalk of Hunstanton, collected by 

 Mr. Westmoreland, were purchased through Mr. Spencer G. 

 Perceval; from the French Chalk, were purchased from Mr. 

 Clemenceau. Miocene and other fossils from Lake Urmi, N.W. 

 Persia, described by R. B. Newton and J. W. Gregory (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc., Zool., vol. xxvii., 1899), were presented by Mr. R. T. 

 Giinther. Cretaceous Mollusca from Somaliland were presented 



