CONTENTS. 



No. 1. — Reports on tlie Re-^ults of Dredging by the United States Coast Sur- 

 vey Steamer " Blake." XIV. Description sommaire des especes nou- 

 velles d' Aste'ries. Par E. Peerier ........ 1 



No 2. — Reports on the Results of Dredging by tlie United States Coast Sur- 

 vey Steamer " Blake." XV Preliminary Report on the MoUusca. By 

 W. H. Dall 33 



No. 3. — Letter No. 5 to C. P. Patterson, Superintendent United States Coast 

 Survey, on the Explorations in tlie Vicinity of the Tortugas during March 

 and April, 1881. By A. Agassiz 145 



No 4. — Report on tlie Results of Dredging by the United States Coast Sur- 

 vey Steamer " Blake." XVI. Preliminary Report on the Comatulse. By 

 P. H. Carpenter. (1 Plate) 151 



No. 5. — Observations on the Spetiies of the Genus Partula For., with a Biblio- 

 graphical Catalogue of all the Species. By W. D. Hartman. (2 Plates) 171 



Bibliographical Catalogue . . ... . ..... 179 



No. 6. — Bibliography to accompany "Selections from Embryological Mono- 

 graphs " compiled by A. Agassiz, W. Faxon, and E. L. Mark. I. Crus- 

 tacea. By W. F.\xoN 197 



No. 7. — Explorations of the Surface Fauna of the Gulf Stream imder the 

 Auspices of the United States Coast Survey. By A. Ag.\ssiz. I. Notes 

 on Acaleplis from the Tortugas, with a Description of new Genera and 

 Species. By J W. Fewkes. (J Plate)S. ...... 251 



No. 8. — On the Acalepha? of the East Coast of New England. By J. W. 

 Fewkes. (1 Plate) 291 



