36 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Half of a large Parkeria, from the Greensand, Yentnor, Isle of Wight. Presented by 

 J. S. Gardner, Esq., f.g.s. 



Fifty-nine Foraminifera in Flint, from the Chalk of Sussex. Presented by the Rev. 

 H. Eley, m.a. 



II. By Purchase. — A. Vertebrata, 



(1.) Mammalia. — The milk-molar of a Mastodon, from the Red Crag of Suffolk. 

 Cetacean remains from Australia. 



(3.) Reptilia. — A fine head of a large species of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lower Lias, 

 Lyme Regis. 



The conjoined carapace and plastron of a species of Pleurosternon, from the Purbeck 

 Beds, Swanage. 



[The dorsal and ventral shields are very rarely found together. Prof. Owen considers 

 this specimen to be unique.] 



(4.) Pisces. — Squaloraia polyspoiidyla, figured and described in the Geol. Mag. 1872, 

 vol. ix., p. 145, pi. iv., from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis. 



A specimen of" Pleuropholls, sp., from the Purbeck Beds, Swanage. 

 A fine group of teeth of Acrodus Illingworthi, from the Chalk. 

 Three new and undescribed Fishes, from the Chalk of Kent. 

 Teeth of Xiphiodon, from Australia. 



II. By Purchase. — B. Invebtebkata. 



(1.) Crustacea. — Two Bellinuri from the Coal Measures. 



115 Trilobites, in fine preservation, including many rare genera and new and unde- 

 scribed species (admirably developed by Mr. Samuel Allport, f.g.s.), from the Wenlock 

 Shale and Limestone of Malvern and Dudley. 



Three specimens of Turrilepas, Wenlock Shale, Dudley. 



Five Crustacea from the Crag of Suffolk, &c. 



(2.) Mollusca. — A large Orthoceras from the Carboniferous Limestone of North 

 Wales. 



50 Fossil Shells from the Zechstein (Permian) of Gera. 



40 British Oolitic and Liassic. 



13 Chalk and Gault Fossils. 



150 Fossils from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 



The entire series of Univalves belonging to the celebrated collection of Eocene Fossil 

 Shells from the South-east of England, collected, and in part described by F. E. Edwards, 

 Esq., F.G.S., in the publications of the Palaeontographical Society, &c., and comprising 

 upwards of 28,000 specimens, nearly 500 of which have been figured. 



Thirty Oligocene Shells from Helmsdorf. 



Twenty fossil Mollusca from the Suffolk Crag and other localities. 



(3.) Polyzoa. — Eighty specimens of Polyzoa, from the Red and Coralline Crags of 

 Suffolk, and from the Chalk of Kent. 



(4.) Echinodermata. — Two Star-fishes from the Lower Ludlow, Leintwardine. 



Sixteen Cystideans, and 53 Crinoids from the Wenlock Shale and Limestone, Dudley ; 

 part of the magnificent series of Fossils, forming the collection of Mr. S. Allport, f.g.s., 

 of Birmingham. 



Three Starfishes of the genus Gornaster, and eight Echinoderms, from the Upper Chalk 

 of Kent. 



One Clypeasler from the Miocene of Malta. 



(5.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia. — Three Corals from the Upper Silurian. 

 One specimen of Cyathophyllum from the Devonian. 



Two specimens of Flabellum appendiculatum ; two of Stephanophyllum Nystii; one of 

 Balanophyllia culyculus, and three other Tertiary Corals. 



(6.) Rhizopoda and Protozoa. — A large series of Tertiary and Cretaceous Foraminifera. 

 A series of Cretaceous Sponges from the Sussex Chalk. 



II. By Purchase. — C. PlanT-E. 



Two Fossil Ferns, Coal-measures, 1 branch of Araucariles peregrinus from the Lias ot 

 Lyme Regis, and several sections of Fossil Wood from the Crag of Suffolk. 

 Total acquisitions by Purchase, 29,166, namely, — 



Vertebrata 213 



Invertebrata 28,923 



Plants -------- 30 



29,166 



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