IW ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



column of Herpetochirus hrachycnemis ; and humerus, part 

 of scapula, portion of skull and cast of brain-case of Theroraus 

 leptonotus : also dentary bone of Tribolodon, and skulls of 

 Cryptocynodon and PrUterognathus, from the Karoo Beds, 

 South Africa. (Figured and described in Trans. Royal Soc, vol. 

 185b., pp. .59-148,' figs. 1-18. ) Presented by Professor H. G. 

 Seeley, F.R.s., f.g.s., through the Royal Society. 



Five casts of bones of Gresslyosaurus ingens, Riit. 1856 

 (described in the Jahrb. fiir Min., 1857, pp. 141-152.) The 

 originals from the Bone bed (Keuper), neai Basel. Presented 

 by Dr. L. Rutimeyer. 



3. Pisces. — ^A specimen of Paloiospondylus Gunni, from 

 the Old Red Sandstone, Achanarras, Caithness. Presented 

 by James Reid, Esq. 



A new and undescribed Fish-bone, from the Oxford Clay, 

 Fletton, Hunts. Presented by A. N. Leeds, Esq., F.G s. 



One tooth of GoMoprlstodus, from the Lower Carboniferous, 

 Lennel, near Coldstream Bridge, Berwickshire. Presented by 

 Miss Potter. 



Four portions of tail of a large Xiphioid Teleostean fish, 

 from the Miocene of Malta. Presented by P. T. Godsal, 

 Esq. 



One left splenial dentition of Mesodon Damoni, A. S. 

 Woodw., from the Portlandian, Beagle Pit, Hartwell. Pre- 

 sented by J. Alstone, Esq. 



A splenial of Gyrodus, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Wey- 

 mouth. Presented by George Clifton, Esq. 



A specimen of Microhrachius Dicki, Traquair, from the Old 

 Red Sandstone, Orkney. Presented by John S. Flett, Esq., 



M.A., M.B., B.SC. 



A portion of trunk of Belonostontus Siueeti, Eth. and 

 Woodw., from the Cretaceous of Queensland. Presented 

 by George Sweet, Esq., f.g.s. 



Remains of 12 specimens of Fossil Fishes, from the Rhaitic 

 and Oolitic formations of England. Presented by Edward 

 Power, Esq. 



The type of Pleuropholis crassicauda, Egerton, from the 

 Purbeck, Swanage (figured and described, Dec. ix., Geol. 

 Surv., 1858, No. 7, pi. vii., f. 2.) Presented by the Rev. P. B. 

 Brodie, M.A., f.g.s. 



Portions of dermal plate of Psaminosteus Taylori, Traq. 

 from the Upper Old Red Sandstone, Elgin. Presented by 

 William Taylor, Esq. 



Dentary bone of a large species of Portheus, from the Lower 

 Chalk, Burham. Presented by G. E. Dibley, Esq., f.g.s. 



