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re-mounted. Various recent acquisitions of the Ellis, Sturtz, 

 Foord, and other collections; have been incorporated. 



Progress has been made in labelling the drawers, complete 

 labels having been written for 586 Nautili. 



Number of specimens of Cephalopoda registered, 370. 



Mollusca : Gasteropoda and Lamellihranchiata (Gal- 

 lery 8). — Specimens from the following collections have been 

 registered, labelled and incorporated in the general series : — 

 (1.) The Clemenceau Collection from French Cretaceous 



Formations. 

 (2.) The Sturtz Collection from Russian Jurassic Forma- 

 tions. 

 (3.) The Palin Collection from British Palaeozoic Forma- 

 tions. 

 The arrangement of the Robert Bell Collection of English 

 Crag (Pliocene) Mollusca, in a special case in the middle of 

 thf» Gallery, has also been completed. 



Number of specimens of Gasteropoda and Lamellihranchiata 

 registered, 1,048. 



Arthropoda (Gallery 8). — The more important acquisi- 

 tions incorporated in this series during the year are the 

 following : — i 



(1.) A collection of Ostracoda from the Silurian of the Isle 



of Gotland, described by F. Chapman in Ann. Mag. 



Nat. Hist. [7], Vol. VII. (1901), pp. 141-160, pi. iii. 

 (2.) A series of Carboniferous Phyllopoda from Yorkshire, 



presented by a British Association Committee 



through Mr. R. Newstead. 

 (3.) The Palin Collection of British Trilobites. 

 (4.) The Finkelnburg Collection of Cambrian Trilobites 



from the United States of America. 

 (5.) A small series of insects in amber from the Baltic 



coast. 

 Numbar of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 531. 



Vermes (Gallery 8). — Specimens of the interesting worm- 

 tubes of Cambrian age, known as Scolithus canadensis and 

 Arenicolites woodi; have been prepared and mounted for 

 exhibition with explanatory labels. 



Number of specimens of Vermes registered, 36. 



Folyzoa (Gallery 8). — Work on this collection has been 

 suspended since the retirement of Dr, Gregory. Two 

 specimens have been registered this year. 



Brachiopoda (Gallery 8). — The re-arrangement of the 

 drawers of the cabinets containing the general collection of 

 Brachiopoda has provided space for the incorporation of 

 many series of specimens hitherto stored in boxes and 

 temporary cabinets. 



