144 THE PEOCEEDINGS OF THE IINNEAN SOCIETY 



EUMEDA ELONGATA. 



The long anal joins the caudal and extends upwards on the end 

 of the tail ; the colour (in spirits) is brown, becoming lighter on 

 the lower parts ; the fins have a yellowish tinge. 



The specimen is four and a half inches long. From the Brisbane 

 River, Rockhampton. 



PROPOSED ZOOLOGICAL STATION FOR SYDNEY. 



By N. DE Miklucho-Maclat. 



The last meeting of the Linnean Society afforded me an 

 opportunity of referring to the subject of a zoological station. On 

 the present occasion I wish to point out the chief considerations 

 which show the necessity of such an institution, to mention a few 

 facts with regard to institutions of this kind already existing, 

 and to bring before your notice those circumstances which would 

 seem to facilitate the establishment of such a station in Sydney. 



I shall make my communication as brief as possible, because, 

 in the first place, it seems scarcely necessary to advocate at great 

 length the utility of zoological stations in general before a scien- 

 tific audience, and secondly, my knowledge of the English lan- 

 giiage is not extensive enough to permit me to enter upon a very 

 full discussion. 



The chief reason why the establishment of zoological stations 

 becomes every day a matter of increasing importance, and presses 

 itself more and more upon the attention of scientific societies, are 

 two in number, 



TKe^rs^ is the fact that museums prove insufficient for the study 

 of anatomy, histology, and still more embryology, if these studies 

 are to satisfy the demands of modem science. In this fact we 

 find the repetition of the universal rule, that as a science develops 

 itself the field of its investigation is correspondingly enlarged, 

 new and difiicult problems present themselves, and the progress 

 of the science depends upon the progressive discovery and 

 application of new or improved appliances, It is not only that the 



