EDITOKIAL NOTE. 



The Report on the Crustacea Macrura, by C. Spence Bate, Esq., F.R.S., 

 forming Part LII. of the Zoological Series of Reports, occupies the whole of 

 the present volume, the text, which consists of 1032 pages with a large 

 number of woodcuts, being bound up separately from the 157 lithographic 

 plates. The collection was sent to Mr. Spence Bate in December 1877, so 

 that the preparation of the Report has engaged his attention for over ten 

 years. The Manuscript was received by me in instalments between the 9th 

 December 1880 and the 20th March 1888. 



An Appendix to this Report by Dr. P. P. C. Hoek treats of a parasitic 

 Cirriped, Sylon challengeri, attached to a Macrurous Crustacean, Spirontocaris 

 spinus. This Appendix is accompanied by 2 lithographic plates. The 

 Manuscript was received by me on the 14th May 1887. 



John Murray. 



Challenger Office, 32 Queen Street, 

 Edinburgh, 8th May 188S. 



