148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSKCTST. 



with recently published work, several of the starfishes^^ from 

 the Ludlow Beds have been re-labelled for exhibition. 



Number of specimens oi Echinoderma registered : Echi- 

 noidea, 864 ; Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, 13 ; Crinoidea,. 

 244; Cystidea and Blastoidea, 9. Total, 1,130. 



Anthozoa and Hydrozoa (Gallery 10). — The exhibited col- 

 lection of Liassic Corals is being arranged. 



Among the recent accessions registered, labelled and 

 incorporated during the year are the following : — Eocene- 

 and Carboniferous Corals from Belgium (Piret Collection) ; 

 English Chalk Corals and Hydrozoa (chiefly Cockburn Bequest) ;. 

 Triassic and Rhsetic Corals from the Tyrol (by exchange with 

 Munich Museum) ; and Devonian Corals from Asia Minor 

 (purchased). 



Number of specimens of Anthozoa and Hydrozoa registered,. 

 641. 



Porifera (Gallery 10). — A remarkable group of Hydnoceras: 

 bathense, from the Devonian of New York, has been placed irt 

 a special case at the end of Gallery 10. 



Cambrian sponges from the N.W. Highlands have been 

 tableted and labelled for exhibition in table-case 15. 



The more important sponges registered, labelled and incor- 

 porated during the year, are specimens from the English Chalky 

 from the Lias of Asia Minor, and from the Carboniferous- 

 Limestone of Belgium. 



Number of specimens of Porifera registered, 135. 



Protozoa (Gallery 10). — Samples of Crag '(Blake Col- 

 lection), of Calcaire Grossier, and of Tejares Clay from Malagas 

 (Rupert Jones Collection) have been washed and the contained 

 Foraminifera extracted, mounted, registered, labelled, and 

 incorporated. 



The more important collections registered, labelled, and 

 incorporated during the year are Foraminifera from the London 

 Clay, Cambridge Grreensand, Oxford and Kimmeridge Clays,. 

 English Gault, and Belgian Eocene. 



Number of specimens of Protozoa registered, 3,664. 



PLantce (Gallery 10). — The Carboniferous fruits in table- 

 case 25 have been tableted, labelled, and arranged. 



A piece of fossil tree from the Tertiary of Antrim has been 

 mounted for exhibition in wall-case 11. 



Number of specimens of Plantse registered, 81. 



Tracks and Rock-Specimens (Gallery 11). — A few small 

 additions have been made to the exhibited collection. 



Number of specimens registered, 36. 



II. — Mounting, etc. 



Two large slabs of Pterygotus have been prepared for 

 exhibition. 



