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Miirren, Lauterbrlinnen, Bernese Oberland ; presented by 

 R. Etheridge, Esq., F.R.S., f.g.s. 



Examples of sheared Nummulitic Limestone, containing 

 Nummulites Ramondi, Orbitoides dispansus, 0. papyraceus, 

 and various other organisms, from Miirren, Lauterbriinnen, 

 Eernese Oberland; presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 

 M.P., F.R.S., F.G s.. Trustee Brit. Mus. 



C. — Plants. 



Three plants, from the Carboniferous Rocks of Rio Grande 

 Brazil ; presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq., f.g.s. 



A specimen of Fossil fruit from the Post-pliocene formation, 

 New Zealand ; presented by F. A. Bather, Esq., M.A., f.g.s. 



A collection of two hundred and sixty-three specimens of 

 Fossil Plants, from the Upper-Coal-Measures of Radstock, 

 Somersetshire, comprising portions of stems of Ulodendron, 

 Zepidodendron, Caulopteris, Sigillaria, Annularia, Cala- 

 w,ites, C alamo cladys, numerous species of Ferns, and one 

 specimen of Rhacophyllum spinosum, Lesq. Some of which 

 have been figured and described by Mr. R. Kidston, f.r.s.e., 

 F.G.S. ; presented by James McMurtrie, Esq., f.g.s. 



The base of a large silicified fossil coniferous tree of 

 Jurassic age from east of the Drackensberg, S. Africa ; 

 presented by Sir Frederick A. Abel, k.c.b., f.r.s., on behalf of 

 the Natal Government. 



A series of twelve casts of Carhonicola and N'aiadites (the 

 originals figured in Mon. Pal. Soc. 1894) from the Coal Measures 

 of Dullmellington, Shotts, and Burnley ; presented by Dr. 

 Wheelton Hind, m.d., f.g.s. 



Six casts of Tree stems, from Madeira ; presented by G. J. 

 Benett Stanford, Esq. 



II. — By Purchase. A. Vertebrata. 



1. Mammalia. — A skull and mandible of Hippopotamus, 

 and one hundred and seventy-six other bones, from the 

 Tertiary formation at Sirabe, Madagascar. 



Two teeth of Hipparion, four of Rhinoceros and part of a 

 Mastodon's tusk, from the Red Crag, Sutton, 



A fine skull and mandible of the Ant-eater Orycteropus 

 Gaudryi, a skull and detached teeth of " Rhinoceros 

 pachygnathus." Remains of Gazella, Samotherium, and Sus 

 erymantheus, from Samos, three specimens of Tragoceras 

 from Pikermi, and two indetermined mammalia from Caylux. 



One femur of a Lemur, and two Hippopotamus vertebrae 

 from Madagascar. 



A collection of Vertebrate remains from La Grive Ste. 

 Alban, comprising part of a mandible of Pseudcelurus and of 

 Rrogenetta (figured), part of jaw of Erinaceus sansaniensis, 

 and a mandible of Stenoplesictis (figured). Also Bones of 



0.97. Rhinoceros 



