EDITORIAL NOTE. vii 



although it is valuable to have memoirs such as are included in these Scotia volumes 

 collected together, yet it is unfortunate that the species recorded in them are 

 described in the work as new species. With regard to this, 1 may be allowed to 

 say that many of the monographs are avowedly reprints. This is expressly stated 

 not only in the "Editorial Note" of each volume, but also at the foot of every 

 page, where the volume and page of the Transactions of the Royal Society of 

 Edinburgh, or other scientific society, are clearly given. It has been further 

 suggested that " Much trouble may be thus caused by the annual biological records 

 again cataloguing these species, or of their being subsequently assigned to wrong 

 dates." I would point out, moreover, that much expense would be incurred if 

 the necessary alterations had to be made out of extremely limited funds already 

 quite inadequate for the work yet to be done. 



WILLIAM S. BRUCE, 



Editor. 



