1874 Journal of Applied Microscopy 



Though the regular instruction is limited to six weeks, the laboratory is open 

 all summer and work may be continued independently without extra charges. 

 Investigators desiring to use the laboratory during the winter months may 

 readily make arrangements to that end with the directors, Drs. Jenkins and 

 Gilbert. 



Any attempt to give an adequate idea of the richness and variety of the 

 fauna and flora of Monterey Bay would far exceed the limits of this article. 

 Only the more striking forms may be touched upon here in passing. The most 

 conspicuous of the marine algae belong to the group of the Phmophycece, the 

 gigantic Nereocystis and Alacrocystis forming floating beds along the coast, shel- 

 tering numerous animal forms. Postdsia palmicformis, the. sea palm, flourishes 

 upon its rocks in the midst of the wildest surf, while acres of Fiui/s and Latni- 



Chinatown and Boat Landing. 



naria are exposed at low tide. The more delicate forms of red and green algai 

 are rarer and search for them must be made in more sheltered places. 



The few classes of animal forms which have been studied in detail show a 

 surprising wealth and variety. The lower Invertebrates, such as sponges, ctelen- 

 terates and worms, are especially abundant. Of the chitons twenty-five species 

 have been recorded, among them the giant CryptQchiton stcllcri, reaching a length 

 of ten to thirteen inches, Katharina tunicata, several species of Mopalia and 

 Ischnochiton magdalenensis, the development of which forms the subject of a recent 

 very accurate study by Dr. Heath. Other forms of Mollusca are equally well 

 represented ; for example, some sixty species of Opisthobranchiata have been 

 taken without any extended dredging. Loligo and Octopus are very common, the 

 giant A?r/wicut/iis caUfoniica somewhat rarer. The capture of squid for export 

 to China for food and as a fertilizer upon the rice fields forms one of the princi- 

 pal industries of the Chinese fishing village, and after a favorable night tons of 

 the animals may be seen spread out to dry in the sun. The squid are taken 



