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



Mem. Geol. Surv. ; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond. ; the Geol. Mag. ; Owen's " Odonto- 

 graphy ;" Dixon's " Fossils of Sussex ;" and Cocchi's " Monographic dei Pharytigodopi- 

 lidcB." 



One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine specimens of Fossil Fishes from the Lias, 

 and other formations, with many recent analogues ; part of the Enniskillen collection, 

 including 100 type specimens from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary formations 

 respectively, described or referred to in the same works as those in which the Egerton 

 figured specimens of Fossil Fishes have appeared. 



The type specimen of MyUobatis Dixoni, Ag., and of M. irregularis, Dixon, figured in 

 " Dixon's Geol. and Foss. of Sussex," pi. ii., fig. 14 and 15. Purchased from the executors 

 of the late Mr. James Tennant, r.G.s. 



B. Invertebkata, 



(a.) Mollusca. — A collection of Post-pliocene Shells from Barnwell, Cambridgeshire. 

 Forty-four species of Mollusca from the Carboniferous Limestone of Ireland. 

 Two hundred and sixty Mollusca from various localities and formations, selected from 

 the stock of the late Mr. J. Tennant, f.g.s. 



A group of Ostrea, and five Cephalopoda from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 

 Sixty-three Mollusca, &c., from the Gault and Greensand near Ashford, Kent. 



{h.) Crustacea. — Twenty specimens of Entomostraca from the Cambrian and Silurian, 

 figured and described in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



A specimen of Belinurus Begina from the Carboniferous of Ireland. 



Twenty-two Crustacea, from various localities and formations, selected from the stock 

 of the late Mr. J. Tennant, F.G.S. 



IHvo specimens of IllcBnits Barriensis, and one of Sphcevexochus wjzVms, from the Wenlock, 

 Limestone, Malvern. 



(c.) Echinodermata. — Sixty-four Echinoderms from various localities and formations, 

 from the sale of the late Mr. J. Tennant, f.g.s. 



(<Z.) Zoophyta. — Ninety-seven Corals and Polyzoa from various localities and forma- 

 tions, selected from the stock of the late Mr. J. Tennant, f.g.s. 



(e.) Protozoa. — One hundred and ninety specimens of British and Foreign Fora- 

 minifera from various localities, including the late Mr. Londsdale's Collection from Ports- 

 down (many figured and described in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.). 



Three new species of Siliceous sponges from the Devonian of Steuben County, New 

 York, U.S.A. 



Four sections of fossil Sponges from the Cretaceous formation. 



C. Plant^e. 



Two hundred and sixteen specimens of Plants from the Miocene, Eocene, Cretaceous 

 and Permian formations of Bohemia, the Trias of Austria, and the Devonian of Styria, 

 several being figured and described. 



One Fossil Plant from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 



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



A. Vertebrata : 



L By Donation 148 



II. „ Purchase - - - - - - - - 10,102 



B. Invertebrata : 



L By Donation - 4,786 



II. „ Purchase - - -- - - - - 777 



C. Plants : 



I. By Donation - - - 286 



II. „ Purchase -------- 217 



Total - - - 16,316 



V. —Duplicates. 



Cabinets of drawers have been set apart, both for tlie Vertebrata and the Invert ehrnta, 

 into which, as the work of arranging the collection progresses. Duplicates, set aside from 

 any series, are transferred, to be ready for distribution when suflficiently numerous for 

 that purpose. 



In October 1882, the Derby Museum received the first series of Duplicates distributed 

 since the removal in 1880; namely, Invertebrata, 1,283; Vertebrata, 497 ; total, 1,780 

 specimens. 



