386 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1886. 



There is a good collection of marine invertebrates, not yet 

 officially presented to the Academy, from the West Coast of 

 Florida, collected in the spring of this year by Prof. Angelo 

 Heilprin. 



A course of ten or twelve lectures will be given in the spring 

 of the coming year (March and April), the subject being " Sense 

 Organs in the Animal Kingdom." 



Very respectfull}-, 



Benjamin Sharp, 

 Professor of Invertebrate Zoology. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF ETHNOLOGY AND 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



During the last year two short courses of lectures were deliv- 

 ered in the rooms of the Academy, one on the General Principles 

 of Ethnology, the second on the special topic of American Archae- 

 ology. The latter was illustrated by numerous specimens from 

 the collections of the Academy. Both were reasonably well 

 attended, and it is believed that an increasing interest is shown 

 in these subjects. 



Som'e material was added to the collections in this department 

 during the year, but the same difficulty mentioned in the last 

 report, has interfered with obtaining as manj^ specimens as would 

 be practicable that is to say, a lack of space for their proper 

 accommodation and display. 



Respectfullj- submitted, 



D. G. Brinton, M. D., 

 Professor of Ethnology and Archaeology. 



