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A large collection of Insects in amber has been transferred 

 from the Department of Zoology, provided with printed 

 labels, and placed in the drawers. 



Number of specimens of Arthropoda registered, 1,090. 



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

 porated, and one fine group of Serpula tenuis from the 

 Bembridge Beds of the Isle of Wight has been tableted and 

 labelled in table-case 79. 



Number of specimens of Vermes registered, 150. 



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

 the arrangement and labelling of the drawers of Cretaceous 

 Polyzoa, and the recent acquisitions have been incorporated. 



Number of specimens of Polyzoa registered, 215. 



Brachio2)oda (Gallery 8). — The arrangement and labelling 

 of Brachiopoda in drav/ers have been continued, those from 

 the Palaeozoic formations, especially of North America, being 

 now in good order. 



Number of specimens of Brachiopoda registered, 1,364. 



Echinoderma (^Gallery 8).— Remains of Uintacrinus from 

 the English Chalk have been mounted with an explanatory 

 label or diagram in table- case 74. 



Several important specimens of British Jurassic and 

 Cretaceous Echinoids have been re-mounted and provided 

 with more detailed labels, including one explanatory of their 

 preservation in flint. A few of the more interesting recent 

 accessions have been placed on exhibition in a special case. 



Recent acquisitions have been labelled ready for incor- 

 poration in drawers. 



Number of specimens of Echinoderma registered, 848. 



Anthozoa (Gallery 10). — The recent corals from Funafuti, 

 illustrating their rate of growth, have been labelled and 

 arranged for exhibition in a small table-case in the middle of 

 the gallery. The dredgings from deep-sea deposits obtained 

 by the " Challenger " have been re-arranged in the same case. 



An important selection of corals from the Greensand of 

 Devonshire, bequeathed by the late William Vicary, Esq., 

 has been mounted and labelled for exhibition in table-case 1. 



The Devonian corals from Devonshire in the drawei^s of 

 the table-cases have been arranged and labelled, while in- 

 corporating the valuable collection of the late William 

 Vicary, Esq. 



Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 1,071. 



Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa (Gallery 10). — The 

 more important specimens of Graptolites from the Skiddaw 

 Slates, presented by J. Postlethwaitc, Esq., in 1903, have 

 been tableted, labelled, and exhibited in table-case 10. 



