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A specimen of Pholidophorus Flesheri, from the Great Oolite, Blisworth. 



A head oi Squaloraia polyspondyla, from the Lias. 



Teeth of Ctenodus and Diplodus gibbosus, scales of Phylhlepis, and remains of Palao- 

 niscus sculptus, Acunthodes pygmcBus, and of Gyrolepis, from the gas-coal of Bohemia, near 

 Prague. 



II, By Purchase. — B. Invertebrata. 



(a.) Crustacea. — 16 Crustacean remains from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon 



23 Crustacea from the Oolite and Lias of Northampton and Lincoln. 



The type-specimen of PewcEMs Shnrp'd, H. W., figured and described by Mr. H. Wood- 

 ward in British Association Reports, Norwich, 1868, p. 72, pi, ii., fig. 3. 



Eryon Barrovensis, from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 21 Carapaces of Dithyrocaiis, from 

 the Lower Carboniferous series. East Kilbride ; figured and described by Mr. H, Wood- 

 ward and Mr. R. Etheridge, jun., in the " Greological Magazine," 1874, p. 107, pi. v, 



5 Trilobites from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley. 



(b.) Mollusca. — 400 Pliocene Mollusca, from Sicily, A very fine and perfect speci- 

 men of Valuta Lnmberti, and 20 other Red and Coralline Crag Mollusca, from Safiblk, 



300 Tertiary shells from the Estuarine deposits of the Valley of the Amazons, 2,000 

 miles distant from the sea. 



64 Ammonites and other Mollusca, from the Cretaceous formation of the Lebanon, 



Upwards of 2,500 Mollusca from the Oolitic and Liassic series of Northampton, Lin- 

 coln, and Rutland, part of Mr, S. Sharp's Collection, described in his Papers in the 

 Quart. Journ. Greol. Soc. Loud., 1870, vol. xxvi, p. 354, and 1873, vol. xxix, p, 225, 



(c.) Echinodermata. — 26 Echinoderuis from the Cretaceous formation of the Leba- 

 non. 



355 Echinoderms from the Oolite and Lias of Northampton, &c., part of Mr. Sharp's 

 Collection. Also from the same collection, the type-specimen of Astropecten Cottswoldice 

 var, Stanifordiensis, Wright. Figured and described by Dr. Wright in Mon. Pal. Soc. 

 Oolitic Fossil Asteriada, p. 118, pi. viii, fig. 2 ; and of Stellaster ISharpii, Wright, 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Loud., 1870, vol. xxvi., p. 392. 



(<?.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia. — 20 Fossil Corals from the vicinity of Northumberland 

 House, Beechey Island, brought home by the Artist to the S. S. " Pandora " (1875). 

 20 Sections of Corals from the Lower Carboniferous series of Beith. 



(e.) Protozoa. — A section of Parlteria, from the Greensand of Cambridge. 



IL By Purchase. — C. Plant^e, 



11 Plant remains, consisting of leaves of (Jlossopteris, &c., and portions of Aruucarites 

 peregriuus ; together with a branch of Coniferous tree, 11 feet in length, associated with 

 Ammonites, from the Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset. 



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



I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - - 522 



II. „ Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - - 801 



I. „ Donation, B. Invertebrata - - - - 366 



II, „ Purchase, B, Invertebrata _ _ _ 3,826 



I, „ Donation, C, Plantse ----- 4 



II, „ Purchase, C. Plantse - - - - 12 



Total - - - 5,531 



Geo. R. Waterhouse. 



Department of Mineralogy. 



The additions to the Mineral Collections during the past year have been 1,652 in 

 number. The specimens have been registered, labelled, and incorporated in the 

 Collection. 



With a view to bringing together into a general Petrological Collection such of the 

 numerous series of rocks preserved in the Department as are available for the purpose, 

 the older collections have been gathered into a continuous series of drawers in the 

 basement, in several hundreds of which they are now being grouped, and at the same time 

 cleaned. The duplicate minerals in a large number of drawers which were displaced by 

 this process have also been re -arranged. 



The Rock specimens brought home by the "Transit of Venus " Expedition from the 

 Island of Rodrigues have been sent to the Department for description; and of them 

 three duplicate collections have been formed, of which one Avill be attached to the 

 Department. The description of these rocks is at present in hand. 



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