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



(4.) Echinodermata. — Two hundred and fifty-eight Star Fishes and Echini, principally 

 from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Series of Britain ; a large proportion are figured types. 

 Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Wright, f.r.s. 



Forty-eio'ht Echinoderms from Silurian, Oolitic and Devonian formations of Britain. 

 Part of the^Collection of the late Dr. Harvey B. Holl, F.G.S. 



One hundred and one Echinodermata, from the Neocomian, Farringdon, Atherfield, &c., 

 and three from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth. 



(5.) Zoophyta. — Four sections of Coral, from the West Indies, &c. 



A slab of Coral Marble, from the Carboniferous series, Weardalc, Northumberland. 



Thirty-one Corals, from the Lias and Oolitic formations of Britain. LatomcBandra 

 Davidsoni, Montlivaltia De-la-Bechei, and Axosmilia Wriyhtii, are figured specimens. 

 Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Wright, F.K.S. 



A series of Silurian, Devonian, and Liassic Corals, Septastrcea Haimei, being figured. 

 Part of the late Dr. Harvey B. HoU's Collection. 



Numerous specimens of Tertiary and Lower Greensand Corals from Portsmouth, Bognor, 

 Farringdon, Atherfield, &c. 



(6.) Protozoa. — Four hundred and fourteen slides of Foraminifera and Entomostraca, 

 from various formations and localities. Part of the Collection of the late Dr. Harvey B. 



Holl, F.G.S. 



Specimens of Incluulites, Parkeria and Dictyonema, from the Cretaceous and Palaeozoic 

 formations. 



A series of Greensand and Tertiary Sponges, from Atherfield and Portsmouth, &c. 



C. — Plantje. 



Fourteen sections of Fossil Plants, from the Carboniferous formation of various 

 localities. 



Two sections of Lepidostrobus (figured by Robert Brown). 



Three sections of Fern-stems, from the Permian of Bohemia, and two sections of 

 Lepidodendron stem, from the Coal-measures, Lancashire. 



Ninety-seven Tertiary Plants, from Bournemouth, and six from the Neocomian. 



The total number of specimens acquired during the past year have been as follows: — 



A. Vertebeata : 

 By Donation ------- 117 



„ Purchase ------ . 254 



,, Exchanee ------- 



■i 



B. Inveeteerata : 



By Donation - 1,697 



„ J-'urchase - - - - - - - 4,310 



„ Exchanije ------- 942 



375 



6,949 



C. Plants : 



By Donation ------- 242 



„ Purchase ------- 122 



„ Exchange ------- 89 



453 



D. Miscellaa^eous - - - . - - - 593 



Total - - - 8,370 



Exchanges : — 



This Department has received from the Seville Museum, through Professor Calderon, 

 a cast of the lower jaw of" Elephas Armenia cus,^^ from the Newer Tertiary deposits near 

 Cordova, for which six small casts of teeth of Mammalia have been exchanged. 



Alsofrom M. Cossman, of Paris, a series of 942 Eocene Mollusca, from the Paris 

 Basin, in exchange for 438 duplicate shells from the British Eocene. 



A cast of Tooth, and three duplicate teeth, of Iguanodon, have been transferred to the 

 Koyal College of Surgeons, in return for specimens received In former years. 



A series of 21 duplicate boots, and 186 pamphlets relating to Palfeontology (not 

 required for the library here), have been exchanged with the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney,_for casts and duplicate specimens of Fossils offered by that Institution. 



A series of 323 duplicate Carboniferous Fossils have been transmitted to the Museum 

 of the Department of Mines, Fremantle, Western Australia, in return for a series of 



Fossils, 



