ANNOUNCEMENT 



The Vanderbilt Marine Museum is the privately owned deposi- 

 tory 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 collections 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 person- 

 aDy 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 Stomato- 

 pod and Brachyuran Crustacea of the cruises of the yachts "Eagle" 

 and "Ara," 1921-1928, by Lee Boone. Volume III consists of report 

 of the Crustacea : Anomura, Macrura, Schizopoda, Isopoda, Amphi- 

 poda, Mysidacea, Cirripedia, and Copepoda, of the same cruises of 

 the "Eagle" and "Ara." Volume IV consists of a report of the 

 Coelenterata, Echinodermata 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," 1931-1932, by Lee Boone. 

 Volume VI treats of the Crustacea : Anomura, Macrura, Euphausi- 

 acea, Isopoda and Amphipoda, and of the Echinodermata ; Aster- 

 oidea and Echinoidea of the World Cruise of the yacht "Alva," 

 1931-1932, by Lee Boone. Volume VII, the present report, discusses 

 the Algae, Coelenterata, Annelida, Echinodermata, Crustacea and 

 Mollusca of the World Cruise of the yacht "Ara," 1928-1929, 

 part I, the World Cruise of the yacht "Alva," 1931-1932, part IE, 

 the "Alva" Mediterranean Cruise, 1933, and the "Alva" South 

 American Cruise, 1935. 



These Bulletins are available for distribution to scientific estab- 

 lishments 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, U.S.A. 



