136 A(.'COUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Pisces (Gallery 6). — The naming of the Devonian Acan- 

 thodians in table-case 1 has been revised, and new printed 

 labels have been prepared. 



Table-case D has been cleaned and painted, and the exhibited 

 collection of Fterichthys has been provided with new printed 

 labels. 



The specimens of Cephalas2ois in table-case C, and of 

 Dipterus in table-case 10, have been re-tableted with new 

 printed labels. 



The collection of Protosphyroena in the drawers of table- 

 case 21 has been revised and arranged. 



Wall-cases 15, 16 have been cleaned and re-fitted to accom- 

 modate large teleostean fishes from the Chalk of Kansas. 

 Several specimens have been framed, and the whole collection 

 has been provided with new printed labels. 



Slabs of Cretaceous limestone from Mount Lebanon, showing 

 shoals of small fishes, have been mounted in a glazed frame on 

 the wall between wall cases 15, 16. 



Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 207. 



Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8). — The Conularida in table-case 

 16, Gallery 7, have been revised, and re-tableted with new 

 printed labels. 



The Cephalopoda registered, labelled, and incorporated 

 during the year include : — An extensive series from the Jurassic 

 rocks of Dorset ; specimens from the Cretaceous of Devon ; a 

 series of figured examples from the Lower Albian of Hanover ; 

 the Caroline Birley bequest of miscellaneous specimens; 

 numerous British species from the Rev. J. F. Blake's collection ; 

 and various other recent acquisitions. 



Five specimens have been mounted on blocks and added 

 to the wall-cases in Gallery 7, viz., 2 Palaeozoic Nautiloids, 

 1 Inferior Oolite Ammonite, 1 Upper Lias Ammonite, and 

 1 Jurassic Nautilus to wall-cases 1, 10, 11, and 13, respectively. 



The " List of types, figured and historical specimens of 

 Fossil Cephalopoda," has been brought up to date. 



The Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the English 

 White Chalk in table-case 6 have been re-arranged, re-tableted, 

 and re-labelled, with the incorporation of numerous new 

 specimens. 



The exhibited collections of Hippurites and of British and 

 foreign Cretaceous Ammonites have also been revised. 



Opalised shells from the Upper Cretaceous of New South 

 • Wales have been mounted and labelled for exhibition in wall- 

 case 6, Gallery 8. 



Some Russian Sarmatian Mollusca, and a small collection of 

 fossil shells exhibiting pearls, have been mounted and labelled 

 for exhibition in wall-case 3, Gallery 8. 



