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a small but interesting collection from the Cabinet of the late 
Sir C. Lyell, of the Land shells of Madeira and Porto Santo, 
also of Newer Pliocene date. 
In the lowTr shelves of the same cases are placed the charac¬ 
teristic fossils of the Sub-apennine Beds, or Older Pliocene, of 
Tuscany, Piedmont, and the South-east of Prance. A con¬ 
siderable space has been left here to receive a collection of 
fossils from the Upper Tertiary Beds around Antwerp, correlated 
with the Crags of Norfolk and Suffolk. 
The cases at the lower end of the room have been set apart 
for the reception of Miocene fossils. At present they contain, 
besides other vertebrates, a selection of Mammalian and Peptihan 
remains from the Sivalik Hills, collected by Dr. Falconer, and 
presented to the Society by the British Museum. The inverte¬ 
brates represent the Faluns of Touraine, the Upper Miocene of 
the Yienna Basin, Bordeaux, and the Hills near Turin. 
The Plant remains are from the Lignite Beds of Bovey 
Tracey, in Devonshire, and from strata of clay interstratified 
with basalt in Antrim. The former, however, have been quite 
recently referred to the Middle Eocene, but pending the 
definitive decision of the question they vdll remain in their 
present position in our collection. 
The vacant spaces in this case will also shortly be filled up, 
by the liberality of our Honorary Cmutor, with the characteristic 
fossils of the Oligocene or Lower Miocene of Belgium or 
Cxermany. 
In the cases against the south wall of the room are displayed 
the fossils of the several divisions of the Eocene Deposits. 
Beginning with the most recent, they consist of:— 
1. Mammalian, Eeptilian, and Fish remains, shells of 
fluvio-marine genera, aquatic and terrestrial plants from the 
Hempstead Beds of the Isle of Wight. 
2. Bones of Mammals, Crocodilians, and Chelonians, land 
and fresh-water Shells and Plants from the Headon Beds of 
the isle of Wight. 
3. Teeth of several species of Selachians, and a large and 
beautiful collection of Shells from the Barton Beds, Hants. 
4. A well-preserved series of Fossils from the beds of 
