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Pisces (Gallery 6). — Some skulls o£ Hyhodus basanus, from the 

 Wealden of Pevensey Bay, Sussex (Beckles coll.), have been 

 prepared for study and exhibition. 



Four slabs of Upper Old Red Sandstone from Dura Den, Fife- 

 shire, showing remains of Crossopterygian and other fishes, have 

 been prepared for study and exhibition, and provided with mahogany 

 frames. 



Wall-cases 8, 9, have been cleaned and re-arranged, and refitted 

 to admit new specimens of Lepidotus. The unexhibited remains of 

 Lepidotus in the drawers of table-case 16, have also been examined 

 and re-arranged. 



The branchial apparatus of Leedsia problematica, from the 

 Oxford Clay of Peterborough (Leeds coll.), has been mounted 

 for study and exhibition. 



Numerous slabs of fossil fishes have been mounted in mahogany 

 frames. 



Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 296. 



Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8, and Workroom). — The Cephalopoda 

 registered, labelled and incorporated include : — Ordovician Nau- 

 tiloidea from Scotland (Wm. McPherson coll.) ; Ammonoidea and 

 Nautiloidea mostly from the Devonian of Devon (A. Champernowne 

 coll.) ; Devonian Nautiloidea from the Eifel, Germany (S. Dohm 

 coll.) ; Carboniferous Ammonoidea and Nautiloidea from Yorkshire 

 (J. F. Blake coll.), and Scotland (R. Dunlop coll.) ; English 

 Liassic Ammonites (J. F. Blake, T. Hunter, L. Richardson and 

 T. J. Slatter colls.) ; Ammonoidea from the Gault of Kent, Surrey 

 and Sussex (G. E. Dibley, S. C. Tinne, and A. S. Woodward colls.) ; 

 Upper Cretaceous Ammonoidea and Nautiloidea from Hertfordshire, 

 Lincolnshire and Norfolk (W. Hill coll.) ; Ammonoidea and Nauti- 

 loidea from the Upper Cretaceous of Zululand described by G. C. 

 Crick in the 3rd Report of the Geological Survey of Natal and 

 Zululand, 1907 (W. Anderson coll.) ; opalised Belemnites from 

 New South Wales (L. A. Lawrence coll.) ; and a Nautilus from 

 the Barton Cliff, Hampshire (H. Eliot Walton coll.). 



A large Carboniferous Nautiloid from Belgium, and two 

 Devonian Nautiloids from Germany have been mounted on blocks 

 in Wall-case 1 ; and the Carboniferous and Devonian Nautiloids in 

 this case and in the glass case adjoining have been rearranged. 



A Cretaceous Nautilus from Kent, one from Saxony, three 

 Cretaceous Nautili from Zululand, and a Nautilus from the Eocene 

 of Belgium have been mounted on blocks in Wall-case 2. 



A large British Chalk Ammonite has been added to the glass 

 case between Wall-cases 3 and 4. A Cretaceous Ammonite from 

 Westphalia and two Cretaceous Ammonites from Zululand have 

 been mounted on blocks in Wall-case 4. 



A small glass case for two British Chalk Ammonites has been 

 fixed between Wall-cases 4 and 5, and a well-preserved Greensand 

 Ammonite has been placed in the case beneath. 



