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



V. — Acquisitions. 

 The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows : — 



I. By Donation. — A. Vertebrata. 



(1.) Mammalia. — Vertebra of Balcenoptera Juddii, Seeley, from the Eocene Tertiary, 

 Roydon New Forest. Presented by Professor J. "W. Judd, f.r.s., p.g.s. 



Human and other Mammalian remains from a cave near Ardinshaig, Scotland. 

 Presented by Mrs. D. Fox Tarratt. 



Cast of Head and Horns of Sivatherium giganteum, Falc. and Cant. Newer Miocene, 

 Sewalik Hills, India. Presented by Professor W. H. Flower, ll.d., f.r.s., &c. 



(2.) Aves. — Distal end of humerus of Lithornis vulturinus, Owen, from the London 

 Clay, Sheppy. Presented by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq., F.G.s, 



Remains of ^pyornis maximus, from Madagascar. Presented by James Porter, Esq. 



(3.) Reptilia. — Five Saurian Vertebrae, from the Lias, Lyme Regis. Presented by 

 Dr. H. Woodward, f.r.s. 



Head of Ichthyosaurus platyodon, a small but perfect Ichthysaurus, and other Saurian 

 remains. Presented by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., f.r.c.s., &c., &c. 



Eight specimens of coral rock, with Tm-tles, Eggs, &c., from the Island of Ascension. 

 Presented by Staff-Surgeon Thos. Conry, Esq., R.N. 



Tooth of Deuterosaurus biarmicus, Eichw., and of an unnamed Dinosaurian tooth, from 

 the Permian Sandstone of Kargalinsk, Russia ; figured and described in the " Geol. 

 Mag.," 1882, Decade ii., vol. ix., plate viii., pp. 337-339. Presented by W, H. Twelve- 

 trees, Esq., F.G.s. 



Portions of pelvis of Megalania prisca, from a river bed, Queensland, Australia. 

 Presented by G. F. Bennett, Esq., Corr. M. Zool. Soc. 



Sacrum of a new Dinosaur, Thecospondylus Horneri, from the Hastings Sandstone, 

 described by Professor H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., " Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc," November 1882. 

 Presented by Dr. A. C. Horner, m.r.c.p. 



(4.) Pisces. — Specimens of Edaphodon Buchlandi Thanet sands, Croydon. Presented 

 by H. Turner, Esq. 



A large spine of Hybodus, group of teeth of Acrodus nobilis, one Pholidophorus 

 latiusculus, and one Pholidophorus Bechei, from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis. Presented 

 by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., f.r.c.s., &c. 



Eighty-two bones and teeth of fishes, &c., from the Wealden of Bahia. Presented by 

 Joseph Mawson, Esq., f.g.s. 



B. Invertebrata. 



(a.) Mollusca. — ^I'welve Secondai-y fossil shells from Japan. Presented by Prof. John 

 Milne, F.G.S., &c. 



Forty-three Shells from the Tertiary of Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria. Presented 

 by "W. H. Grigson, Esq. 



Four specimens of Goniatites from the Devonian of Lower Dunscombe near Torquay, 

 South Devon. Presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., f.s.a., f.g.s. 



A series of upwards of 400 Shells and other fossils, from various British localities and 

 formations. Presented by Mrs. Burnett. 



About 3,000 Mollusca, from the Tertiary Lacustrine formation of Dakaatia, Croatia, 

 and Slavonia. Presented by Prof. S. Brusina. 



Four hundred Fossil Shells from the Pliocene formation, Bordighera, North Italy. 

 Presented by J. A. Goodchild, Esq. 



Eleven Shells from the Post Tertiary of South Africa. Presented by Rev. G. Fisk. 



Three hundred and eighty Mollusca from various formations. Presented by 

 H. Slade, Esq. 



A specimen of Ostrea bellovacina from the Thanet Sands, Croydon. Presented by 

 Cecil Wilson, Esq. 



Six Shells from the Wealden of Bahia. Presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq., f.g.s. 



(J.) Crustacea. — A perfect specimen of Phacops caudatus, from the Wenlock 

 Limestone, Dudley. Presented by Robert Etheridge, Esq., f.r.s., f.g.s. 



Three hundred and seventy-nine Fossils, chiefly Trilobites, from the Silurian and 

 Cambrian formations of Wales. Presented by David Homfray, Esq. 



(c.) Echinodermata. — A specimen of Scutella sp., Miocene Solu Muro Yama, Chiba 

 Ken, Japan. Presented by Prof. E. Kinch, f.c.s. 



Fotuloidea Jimbriata, n. sp. from the Miocene Tertiary, Saffa, North Africa. 

 Presented by R. Etheridge, Esq., f.r.s., f.g.s. 



{d.) Protozoa. — Thirteen specimens of Stromatopora. from the Devonian Limestone, 

 Dartington, near Totnss, Devon. Presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.S. 



