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6. Fishes from Dorsetshire, Monte Bolca, Purbeck. A magnifi- 

 cent suite of fishes and insects, from Aix, in Provence. Collected by 

 Charles Lyell and R. Murchison, Esqrs. in 1828. A beautiful fos- 

 sil palm leaf, from Aix, by C. Lyell, Esq. 



7. A series of models, accurately colored from nature, of nearly 

 seventy of the most interesting fossils in the Museum at Paris. Pre- 

 sented by M. le Baron Cuvier. Among them are teeth of the 

 Mastodon ; jaws and teeth of the extinct animals found in the quar- 

 ries near Paris ; paddles and skull of the Ichthyosaurus, &lc. 



The drav^^ers of this case contain fossils, from the diluvial deposits 

 near Levv^es, Bognor rocks, Bracklesham Bay, Castle Hill, near 

 Newhaven ; chalk fossils, from the South Downs, near Lewes j Gait, 

 Shanklin sand, &z;c. 



Case IV. — The principal contents are from the chalk strata near 

 Lewes. 



Compartment A. Ammonites, Nautih, Sic. from the chalk and 

 marl. 



Remains of fishes and shells of great beauty and interest. 



B.. Fossil Zoophytes, allied to the Sponges and Alcyonia. A fine 

 series of the Ventriculites, first figured and described by the author 

 in the Linnsean Transactions, Vol. XL 



C. Mass of Pectunculi, from the rocks at Bognor ; Nautilus im- 

 perialis and Pinna affinis, from ditto ; Plagiostoma gigantea, ostreae, 

 &:c. ; Zoophytes, from Warminster Common ; presented by Miss 

 Benett, of Norton House : from near Bristol, Dudley, Malta, &£c. 



Several magnificent specimens of fossil fish, from Lewes. In 

 some, the air bladder, dorsal fin, gills, teeth, and even the tongue are 

 preserved. 



D. Remains of fishes allied to the Mursena ; groups of palates of 

 an unknown fish j Teredines ; Zoophytes. A matchless collection 

 of Turrilites, from Hamsay and Middleham ; an Ammonite, with the 

 Siphunculus beautifully exposed ; Nautilus elegans ; Ammonites ca- 

 tinus ; Ammonites Lewesiensis. 



E. Crystallized carbonate of lime ; wood in chalk ; breccia, from 

 Castle Hill. 



Subsulphate of alumine, from Castle Hill, near Newhaven ; chal- 

 cedony ; crystallized quartz, &ic. from near Lewes. 



A beautiful series of Fishes, allied to the Zeus, from the cbalk-pits 

 near Lewes ; one of these is a matchless specimen, the mouth being 

 open and entire. 



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