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



Coal Measures of Lancashire. Presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., 

 M.P., r.K.s., Trustee, Brit. Mus. 



Fossil wood from the Lybian Desert, 10 miles west of the Pyramids of Ghizeh. Pre- 

 sented by E. T. Rogers, Esq. 



I[. By Purchase. — A. Vertebrata. 



(1 .) Mammalia. — An unworn and perfect molar of Mastodon A rveiiiensis; polished sections 

 of molar of .Elephas ; mohxrs of Tapirus, Sus, and Cervus. 



A fine rostrum of Ziphiu-.i planirostris, referred to hy E. Ray Lankester, Quart. Journ. 

 Geol. Soc. 1870, vol. xxvi., p. 112. 



Teeth of Fhoccsna iincidens, 'Jricliecodon Hiixley'i, Salanodon pJu/saloides, and other 

 cetacean remains from the Coprolite workings at the base of the Hed Crag ol Suffolk. 



Part of the pelvis of Elepluis primigenius, dredged up in the North Sea, oft' Lowestoft. 



A large series of remains of the pigmy Elephant from the Island of Malta, collected by 

 Dr. A. Leith Adams, F.E.S. Most of the specimens have been figured, and occupy 21 plates, 

 prepared for publication in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, and now in the press. 



Cranium and other portions of the skeleton of HaUtherium Schbizii, Kaup, from the 

 Miocene deposits of Flonheim. 



Oreodon Cuthbei-isoni and Rhinoceros Nel)rasceiisis,ivoui the Mauvaises Terres, Nebraska. 



(2.) Aves. — Bones of Dinoriiis giganteus, and an entire pelvis and tibia of Aptornis 

 defdssor, from New Zealand. 



The skull of a dentigerous bird, Odontopteryx toliapica, Owen (described and figured 

 by Prof. Owen in the Quarrerl)- Journal of the Geological Society, 1873, vol. xxix.); 

 from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey. 



(.3.) Reptilia. — Portions of the carapace and limb-bones of a gigantic species of Chelone, 

 and a specimen of Chelone longiceps, from the London Claj--, Isle of Sheppey ; also a fine 

 cast of the carapace of a Chelone, in " cement-stone," from Harwich. 



Jaws and vertebras of Dulicliosaurus longicollis, and a vertebra of Acanthopholis, from 

 the lower chalk of Folkestone. 



The humerus of a huge Reptile from the Kimmeridge Clay, near Weymouth ; figured 

 and described by Mr. J. W. Ilulke, F.R.S., as Cetiosaurus humero-r.ristatus {see Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc, 1874, Vol. XXX., p. 16, pi. II.) ; also remains of Pieroductylus, Plesio- 

 saurus, Ichlhyosaunis, &c., from the same locality and formation. 



(4.) Pisces. — Remains of various genera and species of Fishes from the Red Crag of 

 Suffolk. 



The head and the greater portion of the body of Cyclurus Vulenciennesil, in a nodule; 

 from the Tertiary Lignite of Auvergne. 



Jaws of Gyrodus, and osselets of the lower jaws of AspidorJnjnchus, with other Fish- 

 remains, from the Kimmeridge Clay. 



Palaoniscus varians, from the JMagnesian Limestone, Sunderland. 



II. By Purchase. — B. Invertebrata. 



274 Protozoa, principally from the Chalk. 



219 Corals, chiefly from the Silurian strata. 



142 Echlnodermata, from the Cretaceous, Oolitic, Carboniferous, and Silurian series; 

 including a very fine and remarkable group of six examples of the rare Starfish, Oreasfer 

 Iniibiferus, from the Upper Chalk, Bromley, Kent ; obtained raid developed by Jeremiah 

 Simmons (^deceased), the well-known collector of Chalk fossils. 



13 Cretaceous, Polyzoa, and Silurian Graptolites. 



13,156 MoUusca, comprising the remaining portion of the fine collection of British 

 Eocene Mollusca, collected by F. E. Edwards, f.g.s. (amounting to 11,574 specimens). 

 A series of 500 newer Tertiary Mollusca, 67 from the Chalk of Kent, 200 Oolitic Shells 

 from Cheltenham, and upwards of 700 Palfeozolc Mollusca, from Mr. S. Allpcrt's, and 

 the Rev. Charles Croft's collections. 



109 Crustacea, chiefly Silurian. 



II. By Purchase. — C. Plant.e. 

 35 Plant-remains, chiefly from the Coal Measures, with some fragmentary specimens of 

 Wood from the Chalk and Crag formations. 



The total acquisitions during the past year are as follows : — 



I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - 403 



II. ,, Purchase „ ,, _ - - 574 



L ,, Donation, B. luvertebrata - - - 3,574* 



IT. „ Purchase „ „ _ _ . 13,915t 



II. ., Purchase, C. Plantas - _ - - 35 



Total - - - 18,501 



Geo. P. yP^a/er house. 



* [ncludes 3,487 specimens from the collection of Benjamin Bright, Esq. 

 t Includes 11,574, remaining part of" Edwards' Eocene Mollusca," 



