40 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSKUM. 



and Macropoma ; mostly from the Chalk of Kent, part of the well-known Collection of 

 the late Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge "Wells. 



One hundred and forty-five fossil fishes, obtained by the Rev. Prof. Lewis, from the 

 Cretaceous deposits of Hakel and Sahel-el-Alma, in the Lebanon, Syria; the series con- 

 tains several undescribed forms of Rays, Sharks, and Teleosteous fishes ; also many that 

 are rare and new to the collection, such for example, as : — Spinax primavus, Pictet, 

 PalcEoscylliiim, CycJobatis, Dercet.is iinguifer, Pictet, and Eurypholis lonnideiis, Pictet. 



A series of 24 casts of type-specimens of fishes, from the Lithogranhic stone of Bavaria ; 

 the originals of which are preserved in the Munich Museum, and have been described 

 and figured by Prof. Agassiz and Dr. Wagner. 



Some good examples of the genera Gli/ptohpis, Osteolepis. Cheirolepis, Cheir acanthus, 

 Diplacanthus, Coc.cos.teus and Plerichihys ; from the Old Red Sandstone of Lethen Bar. 



B. Invertebrata, 



(o.) Crustacea. — Thirty-six specimens belonging to the genera Dictyocaris, Eury- 

 pterus, Slimonia and Pteryyotas \ from the Uppermost Silurian Shales of Logan Water, 

 near Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. 



Three specimens of Bellinitrus re<iincB ; from the Coal Measures, Kilkenny, Ireland. 



Two specimens of Eryon ; from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 



Necrocarciniis, Pulceocorystes, Etyus, &c. ; from the Greensand of Cambridge. 



Seventy-five Crustacea, referred to Pseudastacus minor, Fraas, P. haheleiisis, Fraas, 

 Penam, Psevdocranyon, kc, with many new and undescribed forms; from the Cretaceous 

 formation of Hakel, and Sahel-el-Alma, Lebanon. 



Thirty Crustacea from the Chalk of Kent and Sussex, including many fine examples 

 ot Enoplnclijtla Leachu, Mant. sp., and of E. Sitssexiensis, Mant., &c., jiart of the collec- 

 tion of the late Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells. 



{!>.) Mollwica. — A fine slab, containing upwards of 70 specimens of Trigonia clavellata; 

 from the Coral Rag near Weymouth. 



Five hundred Greensand fossils from the Coprolite diggings, Cambridge. 



A series of Dibranchiate Cejihalopoda, having the impression of the soft parts of the 

 animal most beautifully preserved ; from the Cretaceous formation of Sahel-el-Alma, 

 Lebanon. 



Three hundred and twenty Cephalopoda, Brachiopoda, &c. ; from the Upper Chalk of 

 Norwich ; part of Mr. T. G. Bayfield's collection. 



Nautilus plicatus, Priyonia litheridyii, Lycett, T. dedalcea. Park., Gervillia anceps, 

 Desh., and 35 other Greensand fossils : from Atherfield, Isle of Wight. 



(c.) Ecliinodermuta. — A fine example of Go/iiaster Stokrsii, Forbes, and a group of 

 Aslropecten armatus, Forbes ; from the London Clay of the Isle of Slieppey. 



Fifty-one Echinoderms, from the Upper Chalk, Norwich. 



Eight Marsupites and Starfishes, from the Chalk, part of the collection of the late 

 Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells ; including specimens of Oreaster coronatus, Forbes, 

 Goniaster reyularis,Va.i-k., and the type specimen of Goniasier {Astroyo'iium) SmithicB, 

 Forbes ; figured and described in Dixon's Geology of Sussex, p. 367, Tab. xxii. (25.) 

 fig. 2 ; from the Lower Chalk, Burhau), Kent. 



Twenty-seven Criuoidea, from the Lower Carboniferous formation, Indiana, U.S.A. 



(d.) Zoophyta-Zoantharia. — Specimens of PfjasmiUa, Troclwsmilia, and other Corals, 

 from the Chalk formation, near Norwich. 



fc.) Protozoa. — Vcntric7dites and other Clialk sponges, from near Norwich; part of 

 Mr. Bayfield's collection. 



C. PLANTiE. 



61 Plant-remains from the Miocene Tertiary formation, Eubitia, Greece. 

 125 Plant-remains from the Eocene freshwater beds of Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. 

 700 Fossil plants from various Austrian localities, 81 ofAvhich have been figured and 

 described b}' Prof. Constantine Baron Ettingshausen. 



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



I. By Donation, A. Vertebrata - - - - 223 



II. „ Purchase, A. Vertebrata - - - . 763 



I. „ Donation, B. Invertebrata - - - - 2,878 



11. „ l-'urchase, B. Invertebrata _ _ _ 1,483 



I. „ Donation, C. Plantaj ----- 142 



II. „ Purchase, C. Plantte - - - - 890 



Total - - - 6,379 



Geo. P. Walerhousc. 



