G34 KEPOKT OF THE COUNCIL. 



A Collection of the Polyclioeta from the Falkland Islands Some Notes on the 



Bijjolar Theory of the Distribution of Marine Organisms. Miss E. M. Pratt. 

 Etude Monographique sur le groupe des Infusoires Tentaculiferes. Rene Sand. 

 Exosporidium marinum. Rene Sand. 



Nematopoda cylindrica. Nov. gen., Nov. spec. Rene Sand. 

 Esquisse de I'Evolution de la Division Nucleaire chez les Etres vivants. Rene 



Sand. 

 On some Parasites found in Echinus esculentun. A. E. Shipley. 

 On a New Species of Bothriocephalus. A. E. Shipley. 

 The Abysmal Fauna of the Antarctic Region. A. E. Shijjley. 

 Aquario Vasco da Gama. A. da Sitva. 

 A Catalogue of Crustacea. Prof. D'Arcy Thom^json, c.B. 

 History of the Fisheries of New South Wales, etc. L. G. Thompson. 

 Marine Fish Hatcheries of Port Hacking, with five Photographs. Hon. J. H. 



Want, K.c, M.L.c. 

 A First Study in Natural Selection in Clausilia laminata. W. F. R. Weldon. 

 Les Cafeiers. E. de Wildeman. 

 Die Ursachen des Aussterbens von Planaria alpina in Hundsruckgeborge und 



von Polycelis cornuta in Taunus. W. Voigt. 



General Report. 



Considerable progress has been made with the preparation and 

 arrangement in permanent form of a detailed record of the distribu- 

 tion of the fauna in the immediate neighbourhood of Plymouth. This 

 record, which embodies the results of work done by various naturalists 

 since the time of the foundation of the Laboratory, has specially 

 occupied the attention of Dr. Allen and his assistant, Mr. Todd, for 

 several years past, and when completed should be a substantial con- 

 tribution to the problems of local distribution, apart from the assist- 

 ance afforded to future investigations at the Laboratory. 



A Keport has been published in the Journal of the Association by 

 Dr. Allen and Mr. Todd on the fauna of the Exe estuary. This report 

 embodies the results of work done during the summer of 1901 on 

 board the floating laboratory Dawn, which was stationed at Exmouth, 

 and used as a centre for collecting in the estuary. The comparison of 

 the fauna and physical conditions in the Exe estuary with those found 

 during the previous summer in the Salcombe estuary has proved 

 interesting. The thanks of the Association are due to Mr. J. W. 

 Woodall, who not only placed the Dawn at the service of the Associa- 

 tion, but also met all expenses connected with her maintenance at 

 Exmouth. 



Mr. Garstang has been able to devote some attention to working out 

 the results of the periodic cruises which he made in 1899 and 1900 at 

 the mouth of the English Channel for the purpose of investigating the 

 plankton and physical conditions prevailing at different seasons of 

 the year ; but owing in part to illness and in part to the time which 



