ACCOUNTS. &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Casts of Trogosus castnroideus, Hyopotamus americanm, and Aiichippodus rlparius, the 

 originals figured in Leidy's " Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of tlie Western Territories," 

 U.S. Presented by Professor Joseph Leidy, M.D., &c. 



Remains of Spermophilus, from the Pleistocene Brickeavth of Crayford, Kent. Pre- 

 sented by Robert William Cheadle, Esq. 



(2.) Awes.— Plaster-cast of pelvis of //arpfl^oraw Moorei , from Glenmark, New Zealand. 

 Presented by Dr. Julius Haast, f.r.s. 



(3.) Reptilia — A Saurian vertebra from the Wealden. Presented by Herrn von Tun- 

 zelmann. 



Remains of Pliosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Ichthyosaurus, from the Kimmerido-e Clay, 

 Swindon. Presented by the Directors of the Swindon Brick and Tile Works. 



A fine skull of Dicynod-m leoniceps, Owen, from the Triassic Deposits of South Africa, 

 together with a portion of another of the same species, fii^ured in Professor Owen's Cata- 

 logue of Fossil Reptilia of South Africa. Presented by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, r.G.S. 



A fine jaw of Rhizodus Hibberti and remains of Megallchthys and Holoptycldus, from the 

 Coal-shale and Devonian, of Gilmerton and Perthshire. Presented by Dr. Lauder Lind- 

 say, F.R.S.E 



A series of 40 fish-remains from the Tertiary Coal -formation of the Highlands of 

 Padang, Sumatra. Figured and described by Dr. Giinther, F.ii.s , in the Geoloo-ical 

 Magazine, 1876. Decade ii.. Vol. iii., p. 433, Plate xv-xix., and embracincr eio-ht 

 genera. Presented on behalf of Mynheer Verbeek, Superintendent of the Geoloo-ical 

 Survey of Sumatra, by Professor T. Rupert Jones, f.k.s. 



L By Donation. — B. Inyertebeata. 



A collection of 166 Tertiary shells from Portugal. Presented by Henry D. Forbes, 

 Esq. 



Six fossil shells from Brockenhurst, figured in Wise's " New Forest, its History and 

 Scenery" (1863). Presented by John R. Wise, Esq. 



Four fossil shells from Angola, collected by the late Dr. Welwitsch. Presented by 

 the King of Portugal. 



Thirty shells, &c., from the Tertiary strata of the Murray River, Australia, collected 

 by the late Commodore Goodenough, r.n. Presented by Mrs. Gopdenough. 



145 fossil corals, cut and polished, from the Carboniferous Limestone,"Clifton. Pre- 

 sented by Swinfen Jordan, Esq., f.g.s. 



Slab with impressions of Cruzinna semiplicata, from the Cambrian, Nant Francon, 

 Bangor, Wales. Presented by the Rev. John Peter, F.G.S. 



Four examples of Glossopiens, from the Trias of Estcourt, Natal, South Africa. Pre- 

 sented by the Rev. George Smith. 



II. By Purchase. — A. Vertebkata. 



(1.) Mammalia. — Remains of Hyaena, Wolf, Horse, and Deer, from the Oreston Caves, 

 near Plymouth (part of the collection of the late Mr. Josepli Cottle, of Bristol). 



Fine molars of Elephas ant'iqvus, and Eleplias priniiyenius; also remains of Rhinoceros 

 and Hyana, from the Pleistocene gravels of Lincolnshire. 



Molars of Mastodon Olnolicus, ]Mea.atherium Americanum and Eijuus, from the Phosphate 

 beds of South Carolina. ' 



Bones of a Cetacean {^Ddphinus Cortesii) — from the Pliocene deposits of Orceana. 



(2.) Reptilia. — The prajmaxilla of Acrodontcsaiiriis Gardnf-ri, Wood-Mason, being the 

 type specimen figured in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., Vol. xxv. pi. 19, from the 

 Lower Chalk, Folkestone ; also, the dermal spines and vertebrte of Acajithojjholis horridus, 

 Huxley, from the same deposit near Dover. 



A series of vertebra; of a large and undescribed species of Plfsiosaurus, remains of 

 Pterodacty/us, also Chelonian and reptilian eggs, obtained from the Gault of Folkestone. 



Cervical Vertebras of Streptospondylus rnajor, Owen, from the Wealden, Isle of 

 Wight. 



A nearly entire lower jaw of a small Pliosaurus from the Oxford Clay, Whlttlesea; 

 and a skull with mandible and other remains of the same Teleosauvus, from the Lias, 

 Northampton. 



(3.) Fishes. — Enormous teeth of a shark, Carcliarodon megalodon, also teeth of Lamna, 

 (Jtodus, Oxyrliiwa, Galeocerdo and Hemipristis, from the Phosphate Beds of South 

 Carolina. 



A series of teeth of Plagiostomous Fishes, comprising examples of Notidanus primige- 

 riius, Scymnus mojori, Mytiobatis and Chimara, from the Pliocene deposits of Orceano. 



Specimens of Opisthopteryx gracilis, Usmeroides, inegapterus, Spaniodon Blondelii, Pa- 

 gellus libanicus, Platax minor, Chtpea Gaudtyi, and others. 



A fine series of the maxillas and mandibles of Ischyodus hrevirosiris, palatal teeth of 

 Plethodus, and remains of Thri.ssopater salmoneits, Thrissopater sp. nov., Hypsodon, En- 

 chodus, and some undescribed fish remains, from the Gault of Folkestone. 



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