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(3.) ReptUia. — A collection of Reptilian remains, comprising several hundred objects, and 

 including the type specimens of Erhinodoii Becklesil, described and figured by Professor 

 Owen in the Palteontographical Society's Monograph for 1861. Also many specimens 

 of Nuthetes destructor, and of the small Lacertians, Saurillus obtusus and Mneellodus 

 Brodei ; bones and teeth of Goaiopholis crasddeiis, and plates of the carapace and plastron 

 of Tretostcrnon Balieicelli. In the collection are also remains of several species of 

 Crocodilid, Sauria, and Chelonia. From the Middle Purbeck Beds, Durdleston Bay, 

 near Swanage. 



Two fine specimens of Ichthyosaurus, from the Lias of Holzmaden, Wurtemberg. 



Vertebras of Streptospondijlus, from the Wealden, Sandown, Isle of Wight. 



(4.) Pisces. — A selected series of 135 fossil fishes from the Cretaceous deposits of the 

 Lebanon, at Sahel-Alma, near Beyrout. In the series are fine specimens of Cheirothrix 

 Libanicus, Omosoma Sacli-el-Almce, Opistopteri/x gracilis, Sci/Uiun Sahel-Alma ; an un- 

 described species of Shark, and many undescribed Teleostian fishes. The above-named 

 species are new to the Museum. The collection also comprises many fine examples of 

 Beryx, Pycnosterinx, and other Percoid fishes ; also of Spaniodoii elow^atus S. brevis, and 

 S. Bhmdel/i; likewise species of the genera Leptosomus, Solenognatlnis, Eurypholis ; and 

 nearly entire specimens of Leptotrachelus triqueter ; and several forms of Rhinellus 

 JurcatJi.s. . 



A very perfect specimen of Dapedius politus, and also of Euynatliiis minor, from the 

 Lias of Lyme Regis. 



I, By Purchase. — B. Invertebrata, 



Insecla. — 90 Insect-remains from the Brown Coal of Rott, near Bonn, described by 

 Dr. Hagen. 



Upwards of 200 slabs with Insect-remains from the Osborne or St. Helen's series at 

 Thorness and Gurnet Bays, near Cowes, Isle of Wight, comprising examples of Diptera, 

 Hemiptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Hymeuoptera, Neuroptera, and Coleoptera ; 

 also remains of Arachnida. 



Crustacea. — 30 slabs with remains of Branchipus, and Archceoniscus, from the same 

 Upper Eocene Beds at Thorness and Gurnet Bays, near Cowes, Isle of Wio-ht 

 (described by H. Woodward in a paper, read before the Geological Society of London 

 19th December 1877). 



20 specimens of Crustacea from the Cretaceous beds of the Lebanon. Two Crustacea 

 from the Lias of Mickleton Tunnel, Gloucestershire ; and 1 Eryon from the Lias of Lyme 

 Regis, Dorset. 



30 Trilobites from the Lower Devonian, Jemelle, Belgium ; and five from the Devonian 

 of Priira, Eifel. 



46 Phyllopodous Crustacea, from the Lower Silurian of Moffat, Dumfriesshire. 



Mollusca. — 40 Cephalopoda from the Cretaceous of Bohemia. One Beloteuthis, Lias, 

 Lyme Regis, Dorset. 



300 Tertiary fossils from the Campagna ; Terebratula grandis, and 17 other Mollusca, 

 from the Crag of Suffolk. 



A series of Sicilian Tertiary Mollusca; 31 Tertiary Mollusca from the Nummulitic 

 Limestone, Cairo ; 20 Mollusca from the Lower Eocene of Belgium ; and 14 Cretaceous 

 Fossils from Maestricht. 



A fine block of Gervillia:, from the Greensand, Isle of Wight, together with 20 other 

 fossil Mollusca from the same horizon. 100 Upper Greensand fossils, Belgium ; 9 Cre- 

 taceous Mollusca from the Lebanon ; and 60 CretaceousFossils from the Rhine Province. 



A slab containing 35 Trigonia, from the Kimmeridge Clay near Weymouth; 182 Oolitic 

 fossils from Gloucestershire ; 50 Oolitic fossils from the Rhine Province ; 150 Lower 

 Lias fossils from Mickleton Tunnel, Gloucestershire. 127 Devonian fossils from Jemelle 

 Belgium ; and 36 Mollusca from the Devonian Priim, Eifel. 



Crinoidea, §-c.— 58 Crinoids from the Devonian Priim, Eifel, and 9 Corals from the 

 same locality. 



II. JBy Purchase. — C. Plants. 



600 Plant-remains from the Miocene Tertiary of Hiiring, in Tyrol, described and 

 figured by the Baron von Ettingshausen, of Graz, 



99 Plant remains from Gurnet Bay, Cowes, Isle of Wight. 

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