ANNOUNCEMENT 



The Vanderbilt Marine Museum is the privately owned de- 

 pository of the marine collections of William K. Vanderbilt, 

 Esquire, and is located on his country estate, "Eagle's Nest," 

 Huntington, Long Island, New York. It contains extensive col- 

 lections of natural history and ethnological specimens, all of which 

 were personally collected by Mr. Vanderbilt during the past thirty- 

 odd years. 



The scientific publications of the museum consist of a series of 

 Bulletins, designed to disseminate results of research based on the 

 marine zoological collections, every specimen of which was per- 

 sonally collected by Mr. Vanderbilt during a series of cruises in 

 his yachts, "Eagle," "Ara" and "Alva." Volume I of the Bulletin 

 series consists of reports on the fishes collected during these 

 cruises, by Dr. N. A. Borodin. Volume II consists of a report on 

 the Stomatopod and Brachyuran Crustacea of the cruises of the 

 yachts "Eagle" and "Ara," 1921-1928, by Lee Boone. Volume III 

 consists of a report of the Crustacea : Anomura, Macrura, Schizo- 

 poda, Isopoda, Amphipoda, Mysidacea, Cirripedia and Copepoda 

 of the same cruises of the "Eagle" and "Ara," also by Lee Boone. 

 Volume IV consists of a report of the Echinodermata, Coelenterata 

 and Mollusca of the cruises of the yachts "Eagle" and "Ara." 

 1921-1928, by Lee Boone. Volume V consists of a report on the 

 Crustacea : Stomatopoda and Brachyura of the World Cruise of 

 the yacht "Alva," 1931, by Lee Boone. Volume VI, the present 

 report, treats of the Crustacea : Anomura, Macrura, Euphausiacea, 

 Isopoda, and Amphipoda, and of Echinodermata : Asteroidea and 

 Echinoidea of the World Cruise of the yacht "Alva," 1931, by 

 Lee Boone. 



These Bulletins are available for distribution to scientific es- 

 tablishments by purchase, or by exchange for equivalent research 

 reports in related subjects. They may be obtained by addressing 

 Mr. Vanderbilt at the Vanderbilt Marine Museum, Huntington, 

 Long Island, New York. 



Other Bulletins will be issued from time to time, as made 

 desirable by results of research on the Vanderbilt collections. 

 Another volume is now in preparation. 



