ACCOUNTS, Sec, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ')5 



and unique Labyrinthodont skull,* quite uncompressed (presented by George Maw, Esq., 

 F.G.S., &c.), and obtained from the Clay-Ironstone of the Coal-Mcasures, Coalbi"Ook-dale, 

 has been added to Table-case No. 19, in this Gallery. 



B. — Invertebrata. 



Gallery B. — MiAlusca. — The Pelecypoda or l.amcllibranchiafa, of '.he Great and 

 Inferior Oolite and of the Lias formation occupyincr the glazed tops and tlie drawers 

 beneath Table-cases Nos. 90, 91, 92 and 93, have all been carefully examined, identified, 

 and named prior to a selected series being tableted and labelled for exhibition. 



Gallery C. — Corals. — Upwards of 2,000 labels have been printed for the larger 

 Corals, occupying Wall-cases Nos. 1 to 6. These have all been affixed to the blocks 

 upon which the specimens are mounted save in Ao. o. 



Protozoa. — The Spongesoccupy Table-cases Nos. 11 to 15, and Wall-cases Nos. 7 and 8. 

 These are now completed but additional printed labels have still to be affixed to the 

 specimens mounted u])on stands in the Wall-cases, Nos. 5 to 9. 



Table-cases Nos. 1 to 16 on the Western side and Wall-cases Nos. 1 to 4 are 

 permanently arranged. 



The drawers beneatli the Table-cases have all been labelled and their contents cata- 

 logued. 



Fossil Plants. — Two glazed cases on stands provided for the exhibition of trunks of 

 fossil trees have been fitted up and arranged; the first containing a series of uncompressed 

 trunks of Sigilhiria from the Coal-Measures ; the second and larger case being filled with 

 silicified trunks from the petrified forest near Cairo; pahn-stems from Antigua; Coniferae 

 from Kerguelcn's Island and from Tasmania. 



The " Searles V. Wood " Collection of Crag Fossils has been in part worked out. The 

 Foi'aminifera, 64 mounted sets ; Spongida, I ; Actinozoa, Ike, 55 ; Echinodermata, 647 ; 

 Annelida, 309 ; Polyzoa, 1,261 : Brachiopoda, 192 ; Gasteropoda, 6,142 ; total 8,671 

 specimens have been identifed, named, and registered, a label placed with each species, 

 and the sj)ecimens put into glass-lidded boxes for preservation. All the figured specimens 

 are indicated by a green disk. 



The Lamellibranchiata remain to be completed, 1,999 have been registered and about 

 4,000 remain to be worked out, named, and mounted for the series. 



The Lihiary. — Gi^LLERY, No. 3. — The Cataloguing of all works received during the 

 year has been steadily maintained. All works, immediately after they are received are 

 stamped, and press-marked. A large number of books and memoirs have been prepared 

 for binding. The Collection of Maps is also kept in excellent working order. 



The additions received during the year are as follows: — 



Serials 92 



New Works 168 



Pamphlets - - - - - - - - -121 



381 



Maps and explanations to Maps -___-_ 41 



Total - - - 422 



II. — Guides and Catalofjiies. 



A small guide to the Exhibition Galleries, without illustrations, appeared in April 1881, 

 afterwards, in 1882, it was enlarged and woodcuts were added, and the price was raised 

 from one penny to three pence. This was reprinted with some slight alterations in 1884. 

 It is now out of print, but upwards of eleven thousand copies have been sold. A fourth 

 €dition is now in course of preparation. 



Mr. Lydekker who had been occupied during 1884 on Part I. of a Catalogue of the 

 Fossil Mammalia, completed the same on 25th February 1885. This part contains the 

 Primates, Chii optera, Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. The work occupies pp. xxx 

 and 268 (8vo.), and is illustrated by thirty-three woodcuts. 



Part II. of the same work was completed on 31st October, and contains the sub-order 

 Artiodup.tyla, and occupies pp. xxii and 324 (8vo.), and is illustrated by thirty-nine Avood- 

 cuts. 



The preparation of these catalogues has necessitated the revision and in great part the 

 re-arrangement and naming of all the objects in the exhibition cases which contain these 

 groups. 



The preparation of Part III., the Perissodactyla, has also made considerable progress. 



Mr. 



• Referred to Loxomma Allmannii of Huxley. 

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