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(6.) Protozoa. — Forty Fossil Sponges {Pharetrospongia, Dorydermu, Stromatopora, 

 &c.) ; presented by H. J. Carter, Esq., f.r.s. 



Eight specimens of Stromatopora, from the Devonian of Torquay ; j^resented by A. 

 Champernowne, Esq., m.a., f.g.s. 



By Donation. — C. Plant.e. 



Eighteen specimens of Fossil Plants from the Coal-Measures, Old Hill, near Stour- 

 bridge ; presented by Horace Pearce, Esq., f.g.s., f.l.s. 



Nine Plant-Remains from the Lower Silurian of Corwen, North Wales ; presented by 

 Ur. H. Hicks, f.g.s. 



Twenty Coal- Measure Plants (in Red Shale) from the Sandwell Park Trial- Sinking, 

 West Bromwich, South Staffordshire ; presented by H. Johnson, Esq., c E. 



A series of Post-tertiary plants from the Clyde Basin; presented by D.Robertson, 

 Esq., F.G.S. 



One specimen of Berwijnia Carntthersu and Ncmatophycus Hicksii, from the Lower 

 Llandovery, Corwen; presented by E. Luxmore, Esq. 



A specimen of Fossil Silicified Wood, probably from Egypt ; presented by Messrs. 

 T. and W, Banting. 



2. By Purchase. — A. Vertebrata. 



(1.) Mammalia — A complete skeleton of the gigantic Irish Deer, Cervus {Megaceros) 

 Hiberniais, from near Enniscorthy, county Wexford, Ireland. (Part of Lord Ennis- 

 killen's Collection). 



Parts of the skeleton with the skull and imperfect horns of Cervus {Megaceros) 

 Hibernicus, from the peat- deposit at Orlowschen, Government of Malvarhangelsk, Russia. 



A series of Casts of Cetacea from the Antwerp Crag, prepared by the Formatori of 

 the Museum of Natural History, Brussels, from the original specimens preserved in that 

 Museum, 



A collection of Tertiai-y Mammalia from the Eocene (phosphorite) deposits of Cayleux, 

 France (figured and described by M. Filhol in Ann. des Sciences Geologique, Tome viii., 

 pt. I., 29 plates. Tome vii., Plate xxii., fig. 29), comprising 25 genera and 36 species. 



A nearly entire carajDace or tessellated bony Cuirass of Hoplophorus ornatus Burm, 

 with a reproduction of the tail in plaster ; from the Alluvial deposits of Buenos Ayres, 

 South America. 



One atlas vertebra of Mammoth from Ramsgate. 



A coloured cast of Squalodon Baierensis from the Miocene of Bleichenbach, Germany. 



(2.) Reptilia. — A coloured cast of Pterodac/ylus longirostris from, the lithographic stone 

 of Eichstadt, Bavaria. 



(3.) Pisces. — The remaining portion of the Fossil Fishes from the collection of the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, numbering 7,141 specimens, from the Carboniferous Limeaiine, 

 Old Red Sandstone and other formations, and including many figured specimens. 



Forty-three Fishes from the Devonian of Scotland. 



Eighty-three Fishes from the Chalk of the Lebanon. 



Sixty-five Fossil Fishes from the Carboniferous of Eskdale, Scotland. 



One specimen of Platysomus, and two Rhizodiis from the Coal-Measures, Staffordshire. 



A collection of Fish-remains from the Middle Eocene formation of Gurnet Bay, Cowes, 

 Isle of Wight. 



Part of a Siluroid Fish from the London Clay, Sheppey. 



By Purchase. — B. Invertebrata. 



(1.) Mollusca. — One BuUmus Headonensis, from the Middle Eocene, Headon Hill, Isle 

 of Wight. 



One Hippopodium from the Lower Lias. 



A mass of Middle-Eocene shell-marl, full of shells ; from Bracklesham Bay, Sussex. 



A collection of Tertiary shells from Biot Antibes, France, comprising 3,172 Univalves 

 and 1,100 Bivalves. 



Twenty specimens of Mollusca from the Chalk-marl and Green-sand, Ventnor, Isle of 

 Wight. 



Twenty-six Mollusca from various localities (part of Prof. Morris' Collection). 



Two Lutraria maxima from the Post-Tertiary of Esquimalt Harbour, British Co- 

 lumbia. 



Twelve Brachiopods from the Carboniferous, &c., of Scotland and North Wales. 



Fifteen Brachiopods from the Carboniferous of Eskdale, Scotland. 



(2.") Arthropoda. — Twenty-five Trilobites belonging to the genera Asaphus, Lichas, 

 Chasmops, and Cheirurus, from the Silurian of Esthonia. 



One hundred and eighty Crustacea from the Carboniferous, Eskdale, Scotland, com- 

 prising 81 specimens oi Anthrapalcemon, 25 Palceocrangon, nine Eurypterus, two Palaocaris, 

 34 Ceraiiocaris, and eight Arachnida. 



0.63, G 3 Forty-five 



