6 TEANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



will be laid before the Biological Society during the 

 present session, and especially the revised reports upon 

 the Copepoda (by Mr. Thompson), the Mollusca (by Mr. 

 Archer), and the Pycnogoiiida (by Dr. Hurst and Mr. 

 Walker), the volume will probably not be in the hands ol 

 the public until early summer. 



The various L.M.B.C. papers which were announced in 

 last year's Keport as being nearly ready for publication 

 were communicated in due course to the Biological 

 Society and printed in the fifth volume of Transactions. 

 The two most important of these are : — an extensive 

 report by Mr. Harvey Gibson on the Marine Algae, in- 

 cluding records of 256 species of which 66 are additions to 

 our list ; and a report on the Polychaetous Annelids, by 

 Mr. J. Hornell, in which 88 species (one new to science) 

 and two new varieties are given, three of the species 

 being new to British waters and 39 additions to our local 

 fauna. Mr. Moore's long promised report upon the 

 Fishes is not yet ready. This is the more to be regretted 

 as in view of the ever increasing attention which is being 

 directed towards fishes, the formation of a Fisheries 

 Committee of the County Council, the establishment of a 

 Sea Fisheries District in our neighbourhood and the 

 appointment of a superintendent (Mr. E. A. Dawson), 

 with a steamer at his service and a staff of assistants, it is 

 most desirable that we should publish a report upon the 

 local fishes without further delay. It is hoped that Mr. 

 Moore's improved health will permit him now to make 

 more rapid progress with the work. 



Dredqinct Expeditions. 



For the first time in the history of these annual reports 

 we have no " Hyaena " expedition to record. The Salvage 

 Association, with their usual kindness, permitted us to 



