440' PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



fossil-bearing rocks which have been obtained from this horizonin that 

 portion of the State. The greater part of this important donation 

 the Academy owes to the generosity of Mr. Louis Woolman. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A.NGELO HeILPRIX, 



Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF ETHNOLOGY AND 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



Owing to my absence in the late winter and spring of the current 

 year, the usual course of lectures was omitted, compensation for 

 which will be made by an unusually full course planned for the 

 present season. 



No important additions have been received in the collections of 

 these departments, though it would be easy to acquire large acces- 

 sions were proper space for their display available. This we may 

 expect at an early date in the new building. 



Respectfully submitted, 



D. G. Brinton, 

 Professor of Ethnology and Archceology. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF INVERTEBRATE 



ZOOLOGY. 



The Professor of Invertebrate Zoology respectfully reports that, 

 having a leave of absence, he spent the winter of 1888-1889 on 

 the Islands of the Lesser Antilles, for the purpose of making collec- 

 tions. Some specimens have been already given to the Academy 

 and he hopes soon to have them all ready for presentation. Owing 

 to his absence from Philadelphia he was unable to deliver any 

 lectures during the past year. 



It is proposed to give a course of five lectures during the spring 

 of the coming year on " The Caribbean Islands." 



The additions to the museum for the year have been quite im- 

 portant. In addition to specimens of general interest, Mr. W. N. Lock- 

 ington has presented a collection of starfishes, echinoderms, Crustacea 



