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the Bavarian Lithographic Stone is unrivalled, and comprises, among 
others, Wagner’s Compsognathus, numerous Pterodactyles (including 
the wing described by Dr. von Zittel), several Lacertilians, many 
Selachians and Chimeroids, and still more Ganoids. Of great 
historical interest, also, is the Miinster Collection—a series named 
and described in the early days of Paleontology, when specialists 
were almost unknown, and now requiring much revision. 'To these 
are added the originals of Schafhiutl’s “ Lethea Bavarica,” ancl 
many valuable isolated types; and the Museum is shortly to receive 
the huge Ichthyosaurs and other Liassic fossils from the Monastery 
of Banz. A nearly complete Lariosaurus from the Italian Trias has 
also lately been purchased ; and important acquisitions from Solen- 
hofen arrive continually. A week’s study in a Museum of this 
kind leaves impressions never to be forgotten, and when added to 
one of the Professor’s delightful Alpine excursions, such as it was 
the writer’s privilege to join, the memory becomes particularly 
pleasurable. 
STUTTGART. 
The State Museum in the ancient capital of Wiirtemberg is 
another well-known centre of interest for those concerned with the 
Paleontology of the Vertebrata. Foremost in their unique character, 
perhaps, are the Reptiles and Amphibia, with a few Fishes, from the 
Wirtemberge Keuper and Lettenkohle. Unfortunately, however, 
the reptiliferous beds have rarely yielded anything of note during 
recent years. Besides the remains of the Crocodilian Belodon, and 
the Dinosaurian Zanclodon, there is Dr. Kapff’s large group of 
Aetosaurus ferratus, forming the subject of the memoir in 1877 by 
the present Director, Prof. Dr. Oscar Fraas. It is a marvellous fossil, 
of which no figure and description can give any adequate idea. The 
huge Stegocephalians from the same beds are also prominent, and 
will shortly be described in a memoir in course of preparation by 
Dr. Eberhard Fraas. The few fishes belong mostly to Semionotus ; 
and it is almost certain that the supposed portion of the jaw of a 
Pterodactyle, described by H. von Meyer, pertains to.a fish like 
Belonorhynchus. The Wiirtemberg Lias is represented by several 
Ichthyosaurs—including the specimen with three foetal individuals, 
described by Prof. Seeley, and a recently-acquired paddle showing 
the integument, described by Dr. E. Fraas. There are also many 
Liassic fishes, and among these are some specimens labelled Semzonotus 
leptocephalus in Agassiz’ handwriting, showing that this species truly 
pertains to Pholidophorus, as already suspected by Dr. Oscar Fraas. 
A small example of Palgospinax is a novelty. Other fine fish- 
remains are exhibited from the Wiirtemberg Lithographic Stone of 
Nusplingen, including the so-called Squatina acanthoderma, which is 
probably identical with S. (Thaumas) alifera; and the collection of 
the distinguished author of the “Aus dem Orient” naturally contains 
many treasures from Mount Lebanon. Among Mammals there are 
two teeth of Microlestes from the Upper Keuper Bone-bed of Beben- 
hausen, Wiirtemberg; and Prof. Fraas also shows the originals of 
his classic work upon the Steinheim Fauna, besides many unique 
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