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ily obtainable, it would be a more rational occupation than 

 that of junketing in harbors, or sailing races for the mere 

 purpose of ascertaining which of several boats is the swiftest. 

 13 A, August 15, 1871, 401. 



MOLLUSCA OF THE GULF OF SUEZ. 



Mr. R. M' Andrew, a well-known English conchologist, has 

 been occupied for a. considerable length of time in dredging 

 in the Gulf of Suez, and has obtained no less than eight hun- 

 dred and eighteen species of mollusca. Of these, three fourths 

 have been determined. These specimens show a remarkable 

 difference from the forms belonging to the Mediterranean, 

 and the existence is inferred of a barrier between the two 

 seas from a very remote epoch, although it is thought that 

 the two were united in the eocene and miocene periods. 



ZOOLOGICAL STATION IX THE GULF OF NAPLES. 



The Gulf of Naples has long been a favorite field of explo- 

 ration for marine zoologists on account of the great variety 

 of animal life to be found in its waters, but much inconven- 

 ience has usually been experienced by foreign naturalists for 

 want of the facilities necessary for prosecuting their research- 

 es. To obviate this, Dr. Anton Dohrn, of Stettin, an eminent 

 conchologist, has lately obtained permission from the author- 

 ities of the city of Naples to erect in the Villa Reale, close to 

 the sea, at his own expense, a large building, to contain a 

 great aquarium for the public, and extensive and convenient 

 apartments for the use of naturalists of every country, the 

 whole to remain his absolute property for thirty years, and 

 as long after that as he may live. Dr. Dohrn proposes to es- 

 tablish himself in the building, with several other German 

 naturalists, and to conduct the administration of the entire 

 establishment. He will there, at all times, be happy to wel- 

 come his scientific confreres, and to see that every facility for 

 research is offered them. Some income will doubtless be de- 

 rived from fees for admission of the general public to the 

 aquaria, and all deficiencies will be made up by Dr. Dohrn, 

 who is understood to be that vara avis, a naturalist of means. 



An annual report of receipts and expenditures, as well as 

 of the discoveries made in the establishment, is to be made 

 to an international committee, of whom are already named 



