EDITORIAL NOTE. 



VOLUME VI. is the second of "Scotia" Reports, the publication of which has been 

 aided by a Government grant, the first instalment of which was paid on September 15th, 

 1911. It is a further contribution to Antarctic and Atlantic Invertebrate Zoology. 

 Special thanks are again due to those who 'have voluntarily given their time and who 

 have put their best work into its pages. 



The same principle has been followed as in the case of Volume V.. there being no 

 distinction of nationality made where a zoologist is recognised MS being facile prtit<'f/>x 

 in his group. France, Switzerland, New Zealand, Wales, England, and Scotland have 

 all taken part in the compilation of Volume VI. The cost of publication has again been 

 considerably reduced by the co-operation of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, that has, 

 in most cases, passed the communications through its Transactions, and has thus 

 helped in bearing the primary cost of setting up type and illustrations. " Microscopic 

 Life" and " Rhizopoda " of Gough Island have been passed through the Proceedings of 

 the Royal Physical Society, and the expensive Entomostraca monograph of Dr SCOTT has 

 been aided by a grant of 50 from the Carnegie Trust of the Universities of Scotland. 

 At the head of each monograph the actual dates of publication, communication, and 

 issue appear, also the original source of publication. Original pagination is recorded 

 at the foot of each page independently of the pagination of the Volume. 



Most of the communications deal with Antarctic and sub- Antarctic species, but 

 some deal with tropical and sub-tropical forms collected on the outward and homeward 

 passages of the " Scotia." Some of the communications are supplementary to those 

 in Volume V. 



WILLIAM S. BRUCE, 

 Editor, 



