126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Insecta. The Fossil Insects in Table-case 85 have been 

 re-tableted and arranged, and many additional specimens 

 mounted and added to the series exhibited. 



Crustacea. The entire series of British Fossil Crustacea 

 have been arranged and a large proportion remounted on 

 tablets, named and labelled. 



Crustacea and Insecta registered during the year, 471. 

 Annelida registered in the past year, 321. 

 Echinoidea and Asteroidea registered in the year, 351. 



Crinoidea, Cystidea, Blastoidea. The only additions to 

 the exhibited series have been specimens of the rare Cretaceous 

 fossil Uintacrinus socialis, of which a carefully restored 

 figure has been exhibited between Wall-cases 16 and 17, under 

 glass. Restored drawings of a Silurian Crinoid, a Cystid, 

 and a Blastoid have been made from careful studies of the 

 best obtainable specimens for the exhibition cases. 



Crinoidea, &c., registered during the year, 133. 



Actinozoa (Gallery 10). Specimens registered and in- 

 corporated with the Collection in 1896, 351. 



Radiolaria. In Table-case 15 a number of specimens of 

 Radiolarian chert from Dumfriesshire and North Devon. 



Drawings and models of Radiolaria have also been added 

 to the exhibited series. 



The number of Protozoa and Porifera registered in the past 

 year was 333. 



C— Plants. 



Wealden Plants. (Table-cases 21 and 22, Gallery 10). 



The fine series of British Wealden Cycadesg and Coniferse 

 (mostly from the " RufFord Collection ") from Hastings, 

 Sussex, has been mounted, named and arranged in the Table- 

 cases and drawers beneath them in accordance with Mr. 

 A. C. Seward's Catalogue of Wealden Plants, Part II. 



A very large Cycadean stem, obtained from the Purbeck 

 beds of the Isle of Portland (nearly 4 feet in height), has 

 been placed for exhibition between Wall-cases 13 and 14. 

 This is the finest example of a Cycad hitherto obtained. It 

 has been figured and described by Mr. A. C. Seward (Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc, Vol. liii. p. 22, pis. I-V.) under the name of 

 Gycadeoidea gigantea. 



D. — Geological and Stratigraphical Series (Gallery 11). 



A series of small maps coloured and designed to show the 

 exposed area of each geological formation, also numerous 

 sections of strata observed in diff'erent parts of England, have 

 been added to the stratigraphical collection by Mr. Etheridge. 



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