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



l)een mounted in a glazed frame on the pier between wail- 

 cases 7 and 8. 



Many of the newly-acquired or newly-described Palaeozoic 

 and Cretaceous Fishes in drawers, have been arranged and 

 labelled. 



Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 304. 



Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8). — The British Marine Post- 

 Pliocene Mollusca have been examined and labelled, and a 

 typical selection has been mounted in table-case 104, Gallery 8. 

 f*^'' The British Pliocene Mollusca, and the Devonian and 

 Carboniferous Mollusca in drawers, have been sorted, labelled^ 

 and arranged preparatory to study and deternunation. 



Tertiary Mollusca from Turkey, Cyprus, and Zanzibar, 

 and Palaeozoic Cephalopoda from China, have been examined 

 and named preparatory to incorporation in the collection. 



Tertiary Mollusca, collected by Mr. W. K. Ogilvie Grant 

 in the Azores, have been arranged and labelled in wall-case 3, 

 Gallery 8. 



Jurassic Mollusca from Borneo have been arranged and 

 labelled in wall-case 7, Gallery 8. 



A block of the " Cinder Bed," composed of Ostrea distorta, 

 from the Purbeck Formation, presented by Sir John Mowlem 

 Burt, has been mounted betvv^een wall-cases 6 and 7, Gallery 8. 



Number of specimens of Mollusca registered : Cephalopoda, 

 1,206; Gastropoda, 5,585 ; Lamellibranchia, 5,929. 



Arthropoda (Gallery 8). — A plaster model of Stylonurus 

 lacoanus has been mounted in a glazed frame, with explana- 

 tory labels, between wall-cases 12 and 13 ; and the other 

 separately- framed Merostomata and Trilobita have been re- 

 arranged on the wall to provide space for this acquisition. 



Various important specimens have been mounted, labelled, 

 and exhibited in the table-cases. 



Some progress has been made in the arrangement and 

 labelling of Trilobita in the drawers of the table-cases. 



Number of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 715. 



Vermes (Gallery 8). — Recent additions have been incor- 

 porated, but none in the exhibited collection. 



Number of specimens of Vermes registered, 232. 



Folyzoa (Gallery 8). — Much progress has been made in 

 the arrangement and labelling of the drawers of Jurassic and 

 Cretaceous Polyzoa, and the recent acquisitions have been 

 incorporated. 



Number of specimens of Polyzoa registered, 418. 



Brachiopoda (Gallery 8). — The drawers of British Jurassic 

 Brachiopoda have been re-arranged and labelled, while the 

 Slatter and Corfield Collections have been incorporated with 



