170 Professor H. N. Moseley on the Fauna of the Seashore. [Jan. 23, 



derived from the debris of the littoral and terrestrial faunas and 

 floras became abundant. 



It is because all terrestrial and deep-sea ainmal forms have passed 

 through a littoral phase of existence, and that the littoral animals 

 retain far better than those of any other faunal region the recapitu- 

 lative larval phases by means of which alone the true histories of 

 their origins can be recovered, that marine zoological laboratories on 

 the coast have made so many brilliant discoveries in zoology during 

 late years. 



The lecturer concluded by appealing for assistance, in the way of 

 subscriptions to the funds ol the Marine Biological Association of 

 Great Britain, the object of which is to construct a marine labora- 

 tory on the English coast for the purpose of researches such as 

 those referred to. England is at present without any such laboratory, 

 although nearly all Continental countries possess them. 



[H. N. M.] 



