144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Lias, Ilminster, Somersetshire, and other Sponges. (From Mr. 

 Brodie's collection.) 



One hundred and eighty-four fossil Sponges from the Chalk 

 and Coral Rag ; the following specimens are figured by Dr. 

 Hindein Mon. Pal. Soc. : Holcospongia polita, H.Jloriceps, H. 

 gregaria, Corynella chadwicki, C. langtoni, Blastinia 

 aspera. 



C. — PLANTJi. 



Fifty-nine Fossil Plants from the Oolite of Scarbro', and 

 five from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley ; also a slab con- 

 taining Plant-remains. 



Thirty Miocene Plant-remains from Bulgaria ; a new and 

 undescribed Cycadean stem from the Purbeck beds, Isle of Port- 

 land ; and seven other Plants. 



A series of Fossil Plants, amongst which are the following 

 figured specimens : A7'auGarites brodiei from the Stonesfield 

 Slate, Gloucestershire ; EqvAsetuon brodiei, Lower Lias, 

 Strensham, Worcestershire ; Naiadites lanceolata, N. obtusa, 

 and iV. petiolata from the Rhaetic, Bristol (described by Prof. 

 Buckman in the Geology of Cheltenham, by Sir R, L 

 Murchison, 2nd Edition, 1845). 



The total number of specimens acquired during the past 

 year has been as follows : — 



A. — Vertebrata : 



By Donation - - - - - .361 



„ Purchase - - - - - 5,011 



„ Exchange ----- 3 



5.375 



B. — Invertebrata 



By Donation ----- 1,337 

 „ Purchase 2,508 



C. — Plants : 



By Donation ----- ,34 



„ Purchase ----- 112 



3,845 



146 



Total Acquisitions in 1895 - - 9,366 



