144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Lias, Ilminster, Somersetshire, and othei- 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, B.Jlorioe^^s, H. 

 gregaria, Corynella chadtuichi, G. langtoni, Blastinia 

 aspera. 



C. — Plant^e. 



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 : Araucarites hrodiei from the Stonesfield 

 Slate, Gloucestershire ; EqvAsetwin hrodiei, Lower Lias, 

 Strensham, Worcestershire ; Naiadites lanceolata, N. ohtusa, 

 and N. petiolata from the Rhaitic, Bristol (described by Prof. 

 Buckman in the Geology of Cheltenham, by Sir R. I. 

 Murchison, 2nd Edition, 1845). 



The totfil number of specimens acquired during the past 

 year has been as follows : — 



A. — Vertebrata : 

 By Donation - 

 „ Purchase - 

 „ Exchange - 



B. — Invertebrata : 



By Donation - 



„ Purchase - 



C. — Plants : 



By Donation - 

 „ Purchase - 



Total Acquisitions in 1895 



361 





- 5,011 





3 









5,375 



- 1,337 





- 2,508 



3,845 



34 





112 







146 



9,366 



95 - - 



