MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION ON PUFFIN ISLAND. 5 



tioiis into the structure and functions of the cerata or 

 dorsal papillae, a discussion of the condition of the epipodia 

 in various genera, and an account of some experiments 

 made at tlie Liverpool Aquarium in feeding fishes with 

 certain Nudibranchs. 



A number of additional L.M.B.C. reports are 

 well advanced and will be laid before the Biological 

 Society in the course of the present session. Amongst 

 these may be mentioned, — an extensive report by Mr. 

 Harvey Gibson on the Algse, in the preparation of which 

 Mr. Gibson has been fortunate enough to secure the 

 assistance of Mr. E. A. L. Batters, Mr. George Murray 

 and other celebrated algologists ; and a report upon the 

 Polychseta, on which Mr. J. Hornell has been engaged for 

 a couple of years, and in which upwards of 70 species will 

 be discussed, at least half of which are additions to the 

 Fauna. The long expected report upon the Fishes of the 

 district, by Mr. Moore, will, it is hoped, be soon completed ; 

 and we welcome as new recruits Dr. C. Herbert Hurst, of 

 Owens College, who has taken charge of the Pycnogonida, 

 and Mr. F. Archer, who has been a valued friend and 

 critic and a member of our Committee from the beginning, 

 and who is now responsible for the Testaceous Mollusca 

 and has already added considerably to the records pub- 

 lished by Mr. Darbishire in our first volume of "The 

 Fauna." 



Surface Organisms. 



The weekly records filled up by the keeper show that 

 the gelatinous surface Algae referred to in last year's report 

 have again been present in abundance. This condition of 

 che sea was first noticed on June 6th, and continued with 

 intermissions until September 6th, when it finally disap- 

 peared. According to Mr. A. W. Bennett, to whom it has been 



