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LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Polyzoa have been collected during the year at Puffin 

 Island, and Mr. Lomas reports to me that these include 

 Valkeria uva, Cellepora armata and C. dichotoma, and 

 many other commoner forms. 



"Spindrift" Expedition in July. 



On Saturday, the 20th July, a most unfortunate day as 

 far as weather was concerned, the "Spindrift" arrived at 

 Holyhead, at five a.m., and took on board the party of 

 biologists who had gone down by train from Liverpool the 

 previous afternoon. The object on this occasion was to 

 explore the deep water lying south of the Isle of Man, and 

 which the bad weather at Easter had prevented us from 

 reaching during the "Hysena" expedition. 



Fiff. 5.— The L.M.B.C. District. 



We got on the right ground this time, and had several 

 hauls in from forty to sixty fathoms ; but it rained hard 

 and blew all day, and there was a heavy southerly swell, 



