ACCOUNtS, &.C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ^;^ 



A series of Marsupial remains referable to the genera Macropus, Phascolomys, Diprotodon 

 and Nototherium, from King's Creek, Clifton, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. 

 Presented by Dr. George Bennett, f.l.s. 



Molar of Elephas antiquus from the Via Appia, Rome. Presented by Emme- 



son, Esq. 



A large and pei'fect femur of Mastodon Andium, from the River Plate, South America. 

 Presented by N. T. Wetherell, Esq., r.G.S. 



Three consecutive caudal Vertebrae of a Whale, said to have been obtained " from the 

 Plain of Caricoles in Bolivia, 6,000 feet above the level of the sea." Presented by 

 Admiral A. Farquhar. 



Left mandible of Ursus spelaus, from Baumannshole, Riibiland, Hartz. Presented by 

 Capt. J. R. Campbell. 



A fine series of remains of Hyccna spelcen, Felis, Cmiis lupus, Cants vulpes, Ursus, Sus, 

 RhinDceros, itlephas, Bos, and Cercus, from the Caves of Bauwell, Bleadon, Hutton, Bor- 

 rington, Durdham Down, Kent's Hole, and Kirkdale. Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq. 



Remains of Rhinoceros tichnrhinus, Cuv., from the Valley of the Lea, Claptun. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. W. Martin Cooke. 



(2.) Aves. — The first fragment of bone of the large struthious Birds of New Zealand 

 (Dinoniis), brought to England in 1839, and described by Professor Owen in the Trans- 

 actions of the Zoological Society, vol. iii, p. 29, pi. iii, and subsequently determined as 

 the shaft of the femur of Dinornis stnithioides. Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq. 



Atlas of Dinomis. Presented by Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S. 



Impression of feet of Dinornis in friable sandstone, from Poverty Bay, New Zealand. 

 Presented by T. W. Cockburn Hood, Esq., r.G.s. 



(3.) Reptilia. — Vertebra of Pliosaunis grandis from the Kirameridge Clay, Motcombe, 

 near Shaftesbury. Presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., m.p.. 

 Trustee, Brit. Mus. 



Vertebrae of Bothriospondylus, Owen, a new Reptilian genus, together with remains of 

 Plesiosaurus, Pliusnunis, and Ichthyosaurus, from the Kimmeridge Clay, Swindon. 

 Presented by James R. Shopland, Esq. 



(4.) Pisces. — The type-specimen of Pteraspis Crouchii {?), showing scales; figured in 

 Mr. Ray Lankester's Monograph on British Devonian Fishes, PaL Soc, part I, 1868, 

 pi. V, fig. 3. Presented by E. Ray Lankester, Esq. 



Several specimens of Fossil Fishes from the Eocene Deposits of Monte Bolca, near 

 Verona, including fine examples of the genera Sparnodus, Gobius, JrJ yripristis and 

 Clupea ; and of Gasteronemus rhombus ; and Spaniodon elongatus, Pictet, from the Lebanon. 

 Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq. 



I. By Donation. — B. Invertebeata. 



Shell-breccia, containing specimens of Cyclas and Melania, from King's Creek, Dar- 

 ling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Dr. George Bennett, f.l.S. 



Modern marine shell-breccia from the beach at Bushire, Persian Gulf. Presented by 

 C. VV. Pashley, Esq. 



Casts of Turbo and Turritella, from Kadina, and of Cyprcea, from Mount Gambier. 

 Presented by the Trustees of the Museum of Natural History, Adelaide, New South Wales. 



Sixteen specimens of Anthracosia from the Coal Measures near Huddersfield. Pre- 

 sented by J. Wickson, Esq. 



A fine example of Ammonites excavulus, Shy, from the Calc Grit, Marcham, near 

 Abingdon, Berks. Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, F.G.S. 



Cast of Ammonites mammilaris, Lower Gault, Brienville, near Brienne. Presented by 

 Mr. Henry Keeping. 



Clypeaster ^gyptiacus and 7 other Eocene Echinoderms, 2 Nautili, 12 Casts of Mol- 

 lusca, shells of Pecten, Perna, and Ostrcea, masses of Nummulitic limestone, together with 

 silicified wood from the petrified forest near Cairo. Presented by Professor Owen, 



C.B., F.R.S. 



A series of slabs of cretaceous limestone, from the Lebanon, containing fragments of fish, 

 and remains of a minute crustacean (Palamon?). Presented by the Hon. Robert Mar- 

 sham, F.G.S. 



Upwards of 3,000 specimens of Invertebrate Fossils (chiefly British) comprising 2,338 

 Mollusca, 390 Corals, 283 Sponges, &c., besides Fossil Plants, Echinoderms and Crustacea 

 from almost every formation. Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq. 



The type- specimen of Encrinurus crista-galli, from the Cock's-comb Mountains, South 

 Africa. (Figured and described by Mr. H. Woodward in the Quarterly Journal, 

 Geological Society, 1873, vol. xxix, p. 31, pi. ii, figs. 6 and 7.) Collected and presented 

 by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, F.G.S. 



Two examples of Rhachiosoma bispinosa, from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth. 

 (Figured and described by Mr. H. Woodward, in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 1873, vol. 

 xxix, p. 23, pi. i, and ii.) Presented by C. J. A. Meyer, Esq., F.G.S. 



I. By Donation. — C. Plantje. 



Impression of Be.rgeria giving oflF, as a branch, Hnlonia regula.ris ; figured and described 



by Mr. W. Carruthers, F.u.s., in the Geological Magazine, 1873, voL x, p. 145, from the 



,21. F t2 Coal 



