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examples of the Bohnerz mammalia, and Pleistocene bones too 
numerous to mention. 
University Musrum, Tousincen. 
Amid the low rounded hills and broad fertile valleys of Swabian 
Wiirtemberg, lies the small city of Tiibingen, the home of Professor 
Dr. Quenstedt. There, in a lofty old building upon the slopes over- 
looking the Neckar, it is a privilege and pleasure still to be able to 
meet the venerable Professor surrounded by the fossils illustrated 
in his works and memoirs extending over a period of not less than 
03 years. The collection is almost exclusively local, and among 
Vertebrata contains many unique and typical specimens of great 
interest. From the Trias there are fine remains of Zanclodon, 
including a foot; also the natural mould of a Chelonian, lately 
added, perhaps identical with Chelytherium obscurum, H. von Meyer. 
From the Lias several well-preserved Teleosaurs and Ichthyosaurs 
are exhibited, some of the latter containing foetal young; also 
an unrivalled series of examples of Lepidotus elvensis, described in 
the Professor’s memoir, 40 years ago; and the dentition of a 
Cestraciont Selachian, closely allied to Strophodus, more recently 
made known under the name of Bdellodus bollensis. The Litho- 
graphic Stone fossils include the type of Péerodactylus suevicus, an 
example of Rhacheosaurus, the original group of teeth of Notidanus 
serratus, and many remains of Chimeroid and Ganoid fishes. Among 
Mammalia several fine series of teeth from the Bohnerz are exhibited, 
a few remains from Steinheim, and a few from the Wtirtemberg 
Pleistocene deposits. 
DARMSTADT. 
When on the confines of Hessen-Darmstadt, the paleontologist 
is naturally attracted by the works of Kaup and Lepsius to the 
State Museum in Darmstadt. At present the collections are arranged 
in some of the rooms of the old Castle in the middle of the city, but, 
as almost everywhere, the demand for a specially constructed build- 
ing is raised, and it is expected that before long the want will be 
supplied. ‘Here, as might be supposed, the Tertiaries of the Mayence 
Basin are especially represented; and one of the most pleasing 
features of the collection consists in the large number of entirely 
new Mammalian fossils from Eppelsheim continually being acquired 
through the well-directed energies of the present keeper, Prof. Dr. 
Lepsius. Species known in the days of Kaup from little more than 
detached teeth are now represented by fine jaws and limb-bones ; 
and the original type series begins to appear very small and insig- 
nificant. The collection of remains of Halitherium from Alzey and 
Flonhein is probably unique; and for this series, too, recent acqui- 
sitions await extrication from matrix in the cabinets of the Professor’s 
study. The original remains of the remarkable Camel-like genus 
and species, Merycotherium sibiricum, from the Pleistocene of Siberia, 
are also here: and among reptiles may be noted the series of 
Mayence Crocodilian remains described by Ludwig in 1877. To 
the latter has lately been added the elongated snout of a large indi- 
