1879.] . aa [Annual Meeting. 
tion of one species of ammonite from the Cretaceous, all the 
specimens are Tertiary or Post-tertiary., In all there are 
about 24 genera, 28 species, and 170 specimens. The most of 
the material is undetermined, which explains the small pro- 
portion of species. This collection has been mounted during 
the past year. 
From Africa, the number is still more scanty, comprising 
only 5 genera, 6 species, and 14 specimens, all Tertiary, except 
one Post-tertiary. 
The Asiatic collection, including specimens from the Malay 
Archipelago, Australia, and Oceanica, has also been mounted 
this year. It contains many large specimens, consisting 
chiefly of casts of Miocene mammalia, from the Sivalik Hills 
in Hindostan; but besides these there are Cretaceous fishes 
from Mt. Lebanon, and casts of Carboniferous shells from 
Australia; also casts of the bones of the Dinornis and Palaeo- 
pteryx from New Zealand. This collection is numerically 
about the same as that from South America, aggregating 46 
genera, 84 species, and 170 specimens. 
The principal work done on the European collection this 
year, has been to mount the Palaeozoic fossils, and a collection 
of 380 specimens, representing various formations, received 
in exchange from Mr. John Cummings. 
The Eser portion of this collection, so far as mounted, was 
reported on last year. 
Following is an enumeration of the entire European col- 
lection : 
Genera. Species. Specimens. 
Cambrian . E 5 4 7 9 
Silurian . < é 49 81 96 
Deyonian . ‘ 0 42 87 254 
Subcarboniferous < 10 37 75 
Carboniferous . : 6 10 68 
Triassic . : 5 8 26 84 
Jurassic . : ‘ 79 281 1347 
Cretaceous é ; 88 170 716 
Tertiary and Recent . 38 261 2197 
325 960 4846 
