2 8 ACCOUNTS, &(!.; OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A scapula of a large and undescribed sjjecies of Chelone, from the Loudon Clay, 

 Sheppey. Presented by W. Kovallvsky, Esq. 



Three specimens of Gonialites Listen, from the Coal Measures, Burnley Moor. Pre- 

 sented by INIrs. Morris. 



Upper Molar oi Rhinoceros letradactijlus, and remains of Dici-ocerus dedans, and of 3Ias- 

 todon anf/nstidens, from the Miocene of Sansan. Presented by the Trustees of the 

 Christy Museum. 



A fine series of 27 Slabs with remains of Coal-i:)lants, preserved upon their surfaces; 

 from the Rhymney Iron Company's Works. Presented by Coles Child, Esq., F.G.S. 



The figured specimen of Rkachiosoma echinato., together with about 60 specimens of 

 Mollusca, from the Lower Eocene, of Portsmouth. Presented by Mr. James Wilson. 



Three figured specimens of Cyclus, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Cork, Ireland. 

 Presented hy Joseph Wright, Esq., F.G.S. 



Specimens of Lobocar cuius, from the Miocene of Cairo, and of Myliobates and Vaginella, 

 from Gozo. Presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester. 



Polished sections of Mountain Limestone Corals, prepared under a grant from the 

 British Association. Presented by James Thomson, Esq., f.g.s. 



A Collection of mounted and unmounted Nummulltes, from the environs of Pesth, &c., 

 Hungary. Presented by MM. Hantken and S. E. de Madarasz, Pesth. 



A series of London Clay Fossils, from Hlghgate, &c. Presented by N. T. Wetherell, 

 Esq. 



II. By Purchase. — The most Important acquisition by purchase during the past year 

 is the Van Breda Collection, from Haarlem. This well-known collection, commenced by 

 Dr. Peter Camper, the celebrated Dutch Anatomist, more than 100 years ago, has since 

 been largely increased by his grandson, the late Professor van Breda, Secretary of the 

 Royal Society of Holland, in Haarlem, who inherited Camper's Museum. 



From this collection, the following specimens from the Miocene of Oenlngen, deserve 

 special mention : — 



Of Fossil Fishes. — Esox robustus, heuciscits helveticus, Cobitis Bredni, Lebi'as crass7is, 

 L, furcatas, Rhodeus inagnus, R. oliqacli.ni.iis, Chondrostoina minutum, and Anguilla elen'ans 

 (all figured and described by Prof. Winkler in his " Polssons Fossiles de Oenlngen "). 



Of Reptilian remains. — Emys scutcllata and Chelydia Murchisoni (figured and described 

 in Winkler's " Tortues Fossiles"), Coluber Oweiii, Andrius Scheuchzeri, and a large Frog, 

 Latonia Seiifriedii. 



Of Bird-remains. — Anas QLnhiyensis, and a foot of a Bird, figured In the 14th volume 

 of the " Palaeontographica." 



Of Mammalia. — Lagomys (Eningensis ; Alus. sp., and Scinrus, sp. 



From the Lignites of Rott, near Bonn. — The type-examples of Chelydra Decheni, 

 Andrius Tschndii, and Heliarchon furcillatus ; figured and described by H. von Meyer, 

 in the x., xv., and vii. vols, of the " Palaiontographica." 



From the Cretaceous Deposits of Maestricht. — A numerous and exceedingly fine series 

 of the bones, together with large portions of the carapace, of the great Chelone Hofmanni, 

 many of which are figured and described in Winkler's " Tortues Fossiles." 



From the same deposit have been obtained teeth, bones of the head, and other portions 

 of the skeleton of Mosasanrus Hofmanni, and remains of many fishes; {e.g.) Fine 

 examples of Lamna Bronni, Pycnodus subclavalus, Enchodus Faujusi', Sanrucephalus 

 striatus, and many new forms. 



From the Lithographic Stone of Bavaria. — The type-specimen of Brachyichthys typicus; 

 figured and described by Winkler in the Transactions of the Royal Dutch Society, at 

 Haarlem. Pterodaclt/his Alcyeri, Miinst. ; figured In vonMeyei-'s "Reptilia aus dem Lith. 

 Schlef. ;" Peter odactylus longirostris and Rhamphorhynchus Gemrningii (the counterparts 

 of the specimens figured In the above work). Tlie types of Iclithyosaurus leptospondylus, 

 and of Parachehjs Eichstattieiisis; (figured and described by von Meyer in the " Palaeon- 

 tographlca," vol. xl.) 



JFrom the Keuper Sandstone of Stuttgardt. — The lower jaw of i^e/uffon Plieningeri ; 

 (figured and described by H. voa Meyei', "Pala3ontographIca," vol. xiv.) ; and a fine 

 skull of Beiodon Kapffi, von Meyer. 



Remains of the rare Pro/osanrns Speneri, from the Permian of Thurlngla. 



Besides the above, the Van Breda Collection contained remains of Fossil Plants and 

 Insects from Oenlngen, together vi'Ith Crustacea and Mollusca from Maestricht, and 

 many other localities. 



The selection made from the collection of Mr. Nathaniel T. Wetherell, f.g.s., at High- 

 gate, also deserves special notice, being all from the neighbourhood of London ; and 

 comprising teeth of l\J osasaurus, from the Chalk (figured in JMantell's "Medals"); a 

 " sternum of a small Avader," from the London Clay (figured in Prof. Owen's " Brit. 

 Foss. Mammals and Birds)." 



Many Fish and Reptilian teeth, and Otolites of Fishes, from the London Clay of 

 Hlghgate, &c. 



The type of Loricula pulchella, Sowerby ; figured by Sowerby In the " Annals of Nat. 

 Hist.," and by Darwin, in the Palseontographical Society's Monograph on the Cirripedia, 

 1851, p. 81, pi. V. 



A large 



