24 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The collection of East African Fishes, presented by Dr. Kirk. 



Tile Entomological Collection, which is the one most used by the students, has been very 

 extensively enlarged. 



Mr. John Bowring has presented his very extensive collection of Coleopterous Insects, 

 containing upwards of 81,500 specimens, consisting not only of those which he has collected 

 himself in China, Java, and India, but of those which he has pm'chased from Messrs. 

 Wallace, Bates, and other English and continental collectors, to which have been added 

 the collection of Geodepliaga of Mr. Ttitum; the collection of Rhynchophora orCurculionidae, 

 formed by M. Jeckel ; and the collection of Cerambites or Longicorn Beetles, formed by 

 M. Chevroiai. 



The Linnajan Society has presented to the Museum the Banksian Collection of Insects, 

 containino- the type specimens described by Fabricins; and other typical collections of 

 species described by Kirby, Curtis, and others, in the Transactions of that Society. 



In the same manner the Entomological Society of London has presented the type speci- 

 mens of the Bees, Apions, and other Insects, which have been described by Mr. Kirby; 

 and a series of the insects described by other authors, and sent to that Society as the 

 types from which the species were described. 



A series of Insects from Ceylon, presented by F. Green, Esq. 



A seiies of Coleoptera from North America, presented by VV. F. Kirby, Esq. 



A collection of Coleoj)terous and Hymenopteious Insects, presented by A. A. Haliday, 

 Esq. 



A series of specimens of British Coleoptera, presented by the Rev. W. Tylden. 



Some Crustacea from Hastings, |)resent(:d by Dr. Bowerbank. 



A collection of Crustacea from North Lea, presented by Professor Malun. 



A series of Crustacea from China, presented by R. M'Lachbm, Esq. 



A large series of Mollusca and Radiata from Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, 

 presented by J. K. Lord, Esq. 



A series of British Annehdes, collected atPolperro by Mr. Laughrin. 



A series of British Anneiides, presented by Mr. David Robertson. 



Two fine specimens of Valuta papillosa, from Australia. 



A series of Annelides from Corunna and Gibraltar Bay, collected by R. M'Andrew, Esq., 



F.R.S. 



A series of Mollusca and Radiata fiom Australia, collected by Mr. Clifton. 



Several Mollusca in spirits fiom Formosa, collected by Mr. Swinhoe. 



Some Mollusca and Radiata from North China in spirits, received from Mr. Jamrack. 



Some fresh-water Sponges from India, presented by H. Carter, Esq. 



A series of Shells from Sweden, presented by Dr. Thudea. 



John Edw. Gray, 



Department of Geology. 



The chief acquisitions of Fossils belonging to the Veitebrate classes are as follows: — 



A series of 37 specimens of Mammalian remains from the Pleistocene formation near 

 Erith. 



A small series of Reptilian Remains, from the collection of Professor Bell, including the 

 typical specimens of Cheli/dra Murchisoni, fiom the fresh-water limestone of OEningen, and 

 the Emys loevis, and TLmys Cornptoni, from Sheppy. 



Ten Fossil Fishes, from the Eocene of Monte Bolca. 



Various Fish and Reptilian Remains (including a new species of Labyrinthodoti), from 

 the coal measures of Ainhie. 



Casts of various Mammalian Remains, consistins' of the Elephas meridionalis, Mastodon 

 arvernevsis, Rhinoceros etruscus, and other species, lound in the Val d'Arno, and sent to the 

 International Exhibition of 1863 by the Museum of Geology of Pisa. 



Twenty Plaster Casts of specimens of Mammalian and Reptihan Remains existing in 

 Continental Museums, the originals of which aie figured and described in various works 

 of Palaeontology ; including casts of several of the iiiost celebrated specimens of 

 Pterodactyles. 



A series of Fish Remains, from the lower lias of Lyme Regis, the Devonian of Tynet 

 Burn, and the coal measures of Burdie House. 



Forty-four specimens, chiefly portions of the skeleton of a large species of Pterodactylus, 

 from the Greensand of Cambridge. 



An extensive series of Mammalian, Reptilian, and Fish Remains, fiom the collection of 

 the late Mr. Sanll, including the Sacrum of the IguanodoJi, and some other specimen figured 

 and described in Owen's British Fossil Reptiles. 



One hundred and forty-one specimens of Fossil Fishes, and a specimen of a large Ptero- 

 dactyle {Rhamphorhynchiis), Uom the lithographic stone of Solenhofen. 



A nearly perfect cianium of Metupias diagnosticus, from the Keuper Sandstone of 

 Bavaria. 



A fine speeimen of Ichtkijosauriis temtirostris, and the anterior portion of the trunk of a 

 very young Ichthyosaurvs commums, from the lias of Lyme Regis. 



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