104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



From Mr. E. Hopkins. — A valuable and interesting series of 

 gem-stones presented at intervals during the past four years. 



From the Colonial Secretary of Jamaica. — A series of 2,500 

 specimens of plants of that island. 



From Miss A. F. Yule. — A cast of the Geological Society's 

 fine bust, by Westmacott, of Sir Roderick Murchison. 



From Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S.— Aset of the Proceedings, 

 of the Zoological Society from 1858 up to the present time. 



Purchases. 



Among the more important purchases made during the 

 year, special mention may be made of the following : — 



A male, female and young Elephant-Seal, from the Crozet- 

 Islands, in the South Indian Ocean ; mammals and birds from 

 Turkestan, collected by Mr. Douglas Carruthers ; the fifth and 

 final instalment of the David Sharp collection of palsearctic 

 Coleoptera ; 2,038 specimens selected from the collection of 

 Indian butterflies formed by the late Dr. F. Moore ; selections- 

 from the collection of Phytophagous Coleoptera formed by the- 

 late Martin Jacoby ; a remarkable series of remains of fossil 

 reptiles and amphibians from the Karoo formation of South 

 Africa, collected by the late Prof. H. G. Seeley ; a selected 

 series of fossil reptiles and fishes from the Oxford Clay 

 of Peterborough : remains of the large horned dinosaur 

 Tricerato'ps, from the upper cretaceous rocks of Wyoming,. 

 U.S.A., being the only remains of the American horned 

 dinosaur hitherto sent to Europe ; a selection of about 3,000 

 invertebrate fossils from the collection of the late Arthur 

 Champernowne, F.G.s, ; 1,500 invertebrate fossils from, the 

 carboniferous and other formations of Belgium ; rare fossils- 

 from the upper cretaceous of North America, oligocene of 

 the Fayum, Egypt, eocene of North Italy, Asia Minor, etc. ; 

 a fragment of the meteoric iron found at Gibeon, German 

 South-West Africa ; the French Lichen herbarium of the late- 

 Antoine Boistel ; and plants from the Philippines, Saghalien,. 

 and Japan. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made witb 

 various institutions and individuals. 



The following have been added to the list of institutions 

 to receive grants of duplicate specimens, namely : — Bermondsey 

 Public Museum ; the Free Museum, Whitchurch, Salop ; the 

 Technical School Museum, Shipley ; and Oaklands Higher 

 Standard School, Hanwell. 



Selections of duplicate speciraens have been presented a& 

 follows : — 



Of zoologica,l specimens — to the Royal College of Surgeons : 

 the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; the National Museum,, 



