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Sea-crawfish and other Crustaceans, 

 Medusae and Coralline Animals. 



sented in an orange grove; the child lying on the sand and playing, 

 the man in his prime gathering the ripe fruit and the old man bending 

 over his spade. The ornamental panels between the frescoes and the 

 frieze, as well as impressive busts of Darwin and Von Baer, are by 

 Hildebrand. 



Three very important publications are issued by the zoological sta- 

 tion under the able editorship of Professors Dr. P. Mayer and Dr. 

 Giesbrecht. The Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neap el consists of a 

 series of more than thirty splendid monographs upon the animals and 

 plants of the bay. Following the ideal sketched by Dohrn in 1880 as a 

 foreword to the first volume, each monograph embodies the anatomy, 

 histology, embryology and physiology, as well as the taxonomy, of the 

 animals or plants of the group treated. Beginning with Chun's great 

 work on the ctenophores, these monographs are models of a systematic 

 zoology and botany based upon the whole range of biological science. 

 They are beautifully illustrated by the authors themselves, often assisted 

 by the talented artists of the station, Merculiano, Serino and Manzoni. 

 The Mittheilungen aus dcr Zoologisclien Station zu Neapel, now in its 

 nineteenth volume, is a journal for the publication of shorter papers 

 and contains the earlier annual reports of the director. The annual 

 Jahresberichte contain admirable analyses of all the zoological literature 

 of the year. While these publications contain many most important 

 contributions, yet far beyond the limits of the station, almost every 

 biological journal receives papers based upon investigations carried on, 

 in whole or in part, in Naples, or upon material furnished by the 

 institution. 



For the purpose of meeting current expenses, in addition to the 

 receipts from visitors to the aquarium, Dohrn conceived and developed 

 the "table" plan by means of which various governments, universities 



