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Gallery B. A large block of limestone (measuring 2' 0''x2' 0"x3'0") from the 

 " Eoacli-Bed " of the Isle of Portland, composed almost entirely of casts of Tii(jonia 

 gibbosn, and Cerithium portlandicum, has been trimmed into shape by the Masons, and 

 placed in a glazed case in the centre gangway of this Gallery. 



A large series of Liassic Lamellibranchiata has been identified and named ready for 

 exhibition in the Table-cases. 



The large specimens of Trilobites and Merostomata in "Wall-case No. 14, have been 

 framed, and fixed on the upper shelves of these cases and furnished with appropriate 

 labels. 



The coloured plaster-cast of a large and nearly complete specimen of Pterygotus 

 anglicus, from the Old Red Sandstone, Carmyllie, near Arbroath (measuring 4' 0" x 1' 6"), 

 presented by the Council of the Dundee Naturalists' Society, has been coloured, framed 

 and glazed, and fixed up for exhibition between Wall-cases 12 and 13. 



Gallery C. — Corals. — The arrangement of this section is now comjileted. The 

 British Corals occupy Table-cases 1-8, and the Foreign Collection, "Wall-cases Nos. 1-6. 



The HydrocoralUncB are mounted and arranged in Table-case P, and in pai"t of Table- 

 case 10, the foreign specimens being placed in "Wall-case 6. This group includes the 

 StromntoporcB. Upwards of 650 specimens have been named, tableted, or mounted for 

 exhibition. 



The Graptolitidi^, to the number of 463, have been mounted, named and tableted, and 

 are arranged in Table-case No. 10, and in Wall-case No. 7. 



Fossil Sponges. — These occupy Table-cases 11-16, and "Wall-cases 7 and 8, and are 

 now under arrangement. 



The Foraminifera. — This group of organisms, like the Coral«, is now permanently 

 arranged. About 370 Tablets of British species are arranged in Table-case 16; and 

 about 640 species of Foreign examples occujiy a part of Wall-case 0. Owing to the 

 minute size of most of these bodies, but little of their structure can be observed with the 

 naked eye. To remedy this, two series of enlarged Models of Foraminifera, mounted on 

 appropriate stands (one series representing the forms determined by M. Alcide d'Orbigny, 

 Junr., and the other, those named by M. M. von Reuss and Fritsch,^ have been named 

 and placed in Wall-case No. 9. 



A fine slab of Devonian marble, measuring about 3' 6"x2' 0"; polished on both sides, 

 obtained fi'om Newton Bushel, Devon, and presented by William Vicary, Esq., f.g.s., 

 has been mounted in a glazed frame and jdaced between Wall-cases 4 and 5. 



Fossil Plants. — Three large trunkt; of Sigillarice from the Coal Measures, have been 

 placed in a temporary case in the centre gangway of this Gallery. 



Stratigraphical and Type Collections. — Narrow Gallery, No. 4. — The plaster-cast 

 of a nearly entire specimen of Plesiosaurus Conybeari, from the Lias of Charmouth (the 

 original of which is preserved in the Bristol Museum, has been placed in the 3rd wall- 

 case on the east side of this Gallery. 



A bust of William Smith, LL.D., by Noble (being a copy of that in Northampton 

 Church) has been placed on a bracket, in the centre of the east wall of this Gallery, 

 over the case in which his stratigraphical collection is being arranged. 



The " Searles V. Wood Collection " of Crag Fossils (including the Crag MoUusca 

 figured in his Monograph) has been transferred from the Zoological Department, and will 

 eventually be placed Avith the other type-collections in this Gallery (as soon as cabinets 

 of drawers have been provided for its reception). 



The Library. — Narrow Gallery, No. 3. — The work of transferring the Geological 

 Library from Narrow Gallery, No. 1, to this Gallery has now been accomplished. The 

 whole of the books have been press-marked afresh, and carefully arranged in the new 

 book-cases. 



A large number of pamphlets have been made up Into sets, indexed and bound Into 

 volumes, according to their several subjects. 



A " Serial Register" has been prepared and is regularly kept. 



The additions to the Library are as follows : — 



Serials, Surveys, Sec. ------- 106 Vols. 



New Works 523 „ 



Pamphlets - - - - 302 „ 



Total - - - 931 



II. — Guides and Catalogues. 



Mr. R. Lydekker, B.A., r.G.s., has been occupied during the whole of last year In pre- 

 paring a Catalogue of the Simiidce, the Insectivnra, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Carnivoru ; 

 to form Part 1. of a series of Catalogues of the Vertebrata generally. The Catalogue 

 (which is 300 pp. 8vo.) is illustrated by thirty-three woodcuts. 



0.73. 1 Mr. 



