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taining brief descriptions of 12 of the species recorded in the follow- 

 ing pages was published subsequent to his death. A list of these 

 forms is given on p. 85-86. Several of the colored drawings made 

 by Mr. Griffin are published in the present paper, while his notes, 

 microscopic sections, and collections have been of much service in 

 the preparation of this report. 



6. C'oUections made by Dr. W. H. Dall during several years 

 spent in explorations on the coast of Alaska. 



7. A small collection made by Mr. Creswell Shearer of McGill 

 University, at Vancouver Island, B. C. 



8. A collection of about twelve species from Pacific Grove, Cal., 

 accompanied by very careful and detailed notes and sketches made 

 by Prof. C. B. Wilson, of Westfield, Mass. These notes are freely 

 incorporated in the descriptions on the following pages, and have 

 added much to the completeness of this report. 



9. A number of carefully made drawings (some of which are 

 colored) of nemerteans from Pacific Grove, Cal., and many valuable 

 notes on distribution, have been generously placed in my hands by 

 Mr. J. F. Abbott of St. Louis, Mo. Several of these drawings are 

 published herewith, acknowledgments being made in the explana- 

 tions of plates. 



10. Collections made by Professors Ritter and Kofoid, in con- 

 nection with the Biological Survey of the University of California 

 off the coast of Southern California during the summer of 1901. 



11. Collections made by various correspondents of the U. S. 

 National Museum, including those of Dr. L. Stejneger on the Com- 

 mander Islands, of Capt. M. A. Healy of the U. S. S. Corioin, of 

 Mr. Wm. Palmer and of Mr. W. H. Jones, all of whom collected 

 nemerteans on the coast of Alaska. 



12. Collections made by myself at various localities along the 

 whole Pacific coast of Alaska from British Columbia to the Aleutian 

 Islands, w^hile a member of the ^Harriman Alaska Expedition in 

 1899, as well as all the nemerteans collected on the same expedition 

 by Prof. W. E. Ritter of the University of California, and Prof. 

 Trevor Kincaid of the University of Washington. 



13. Collections which I have also made personally on the coast 

 of California while enjoying the hospitality of the University of 

 California Biological Station at San Pedro, and of the Hopkins Sea- 

 side LaboratO)-y of Stanford University at Pacific Grove, during the 

 summer of 1901. 



