y2 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRTISH MUSEUM, 



Two Stromatoporoids from the Middle Devonian, of Dartington, S. Devon ; presented 

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



Three Lower Silurian Corals, from York's Peninsul&r, and 32 Tertiary Corals from 

 various well-sinkings in South Australia ; presented by H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., F.G.S. 



(g.) Hydrozoa. — Thirty-seven Graptoiites, &c., from the Arenig Rocks, opposite 

 Carnarvon Castle ; presented by E. B. Lnxmoore. Esq. 



(A.) Protozoa. — One Siliceous Sponge Thenea Wallacld, and 13 slides of Siliceous 

 Foraminifera, with localities; presented by Dr. P. Herbert Carpenter, m.a., f.k.s. 



One hollow cast of a b^ponge in Flint, from the Chalk, Charlton Downs, near Canter- 

 bury ; presented by Alexander Macpherson, Esq. 



Four slides of -H'ewfZja sphcroidulis, Duncan (including the type specimens), from the 

 Silurian, New Brunswick ; presented by Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., F.R.s. 



Specimens of XaHi/uWia, in a section of Flint ; presented by Dr. J. Millar, f.l.s., 

 F.G.S. 



Specimen of bed with examples of NummuUn a Fiestwichiana, base of the Barton Beds, 

 Middle Eocene, WhiteclifF Bay, Isle of Wight; presented by Mr. Henry Keeping. 



Two blocks of Lower Laurentian Limestone, consisting of Eoznon Cunadense, Pelete 

 Nation, Cote, Ste Pierre, Quebec ; presented by Alfred R. C. Selwyn, ll.d., f.r.s., 

 Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. 



C— Plants. 



Two specimens of Endogenitfs erosa, Mant., from the "VVealden, White Rock CliiF, 

 Hastings ; presented by G. A. Kegworth, Esq., F.o.s. 



One hundred and seventy-eight Eocene Plant-remains from Ardtun Head, Mull, com- 

 prising Platinitfs, Taxus, Rhamnits, Fodocarpus, Magnolia, &c. Also 58 specimens of 

 Miocene Plants from the North of Ireland (obtained by means of grant from the Royal 

 Society Research Fund); presented by J. S. Gardner, Esq., f.g.s. 



A mass of silicified Coniferous Wood, from the Lower Greeusand, Ightham, Kent ; 

 presented by John Hale, jun., Esq. 



The type-specimen of Eophyton explanatum. Hicks, from the Tremadoc Slates, Ramsay 

 Island (figured and described in Gcol. Mag., 1869, Vol. vi., pi. 534, PI. xx., figs. Ia-c); 

 presented by Dr. H. Hicks, k.r.s. 



One piece of Fossil Wood in Flint, from the Chalk, Charlton Downs, near Canterbuxy; 

 presented by Alexander Macpherson, Esq. 



Twenty-lour plant-remains from the Carboniferous Limestone of Gwannysca, near 

 Rhyl; presented by E. B. Luxmoore, Esq. 



Three Tertiary, and 26 Cretaceous Plants, from South Australia; presented by 

 H. Y. L. Brown, Esq., f.g.s. 



2. By Purchase. — A. Vertebrata. 



(L) Mammalia, — A typical and named series of remains of Insectivora and Rodentia, 

 comTprismg Lagomys sar dus, Hensel; Mus ort/iodus, Hen^el; Arvicula Heiiselii, Major; 

 Talpa tyrrhenica, and Sorex similis, Hensel ; from the Ossiferous Breccia of Monte San 

 Giovanni, near Iglesias, S.W. Sardinia. 



A specimen of bone-breccia from the Caves of Gibraltar, with Rodent and Insectivore 

 teeth. 



Cetacean remains from the Tertiary Deposits, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. 



(2.) Aves. — Humerus of Argillornis, from the London Clay of Sheppy. 



(3.) Replilia. — Posterior portion of pubis of Dinosaur, and other Reptilian remains, from 

 the Wealden, Horsham, Sussex. 



Two skulls of Procolophon trigoniceps, from the Triassic Deposits of South Africa. 



(4.) Pisces. — An Ichthyolite and a specimen of Rhizodus Hibberti, from the Coal- 

 Measures of Scotland ; with remains of Squaiodon, Lamna, &c., from Tertiary deposits. 



A large specimen of Lepidotus Mantelli, from the Wealden of Horsham, Sussex. 



A fine example of Mesogaster sphyranoides, Ag., and a specimen of Rhamphosus 

 aculeaUis. from the Eocene of Monte Bolca. 



Remains of thirty -four Fossil Fishes from the Gault of Folkestone. 



Sharks' teeih from the Tertiary Deposits of Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. 



Thirty specimens of Fossil Fishes, in Clay Ironstone nodules, from the Coal-measures, 

 Coseley, near Birmingham. 



A series of teeth of Polyrhizodus, Psammodus, Pacilodus, Petrodus, and Cladodus, from 

 the Carboniferous Limestone, near Moscow. 



One specimen of Mesodon Liassicus, from the Lower Lias, Langport. 



Groups of teeth of Ptychodus, from the Lower Chalk, Dover. 



