CONTENTS OF NEW SERIES Vol. V., No. 2. 



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1. Notes on the Reproduction of Teleostean Fishes in the Sooth- 



Western District. By E. W. L. Holt . . . . 107 



2. A Record of the Teleostean Eggs and LARViE observed at Plymouth 



IN 1897. By E. W. L. Holt and S. D. Scott, B.A. . . . 156 



3. Preliminary Report on the Results of Statistical and Ichthy- 



OLOGICAL InVESTIGATION.S MADE AT THE PLYMOUTH LABORATORY. By 



Georg Duncker, Ph.D. . . . ... 172 



4. On Keeping Medusa Alive in an Aquarium. By E. T. Browne . 176 



5. The "Bottle-nose Ray" {] R. alba. Lacep.) and its Egg-Purse. By 



E. W. L. Holt . . . . ... 181 



6. On the Occurrence of Large Numbers of Larval Herring at the 



Surface. A Letter from Mr. Matthias Dunn . . . 184 



7. On the Pelagic Fauna of Plymouth for September, 1897. By E. 



T. Browne . . . . ... 186 



8. Notes and Memoranda — 



An Observation on the Colour-changes of a Wrasse . .193 



The Incubation of the Skate-leech . ... 195 



Larval Lobsters at the Surface . ... 196 



Cepola rubescens. LiNN. . . . . . . 197 



Trachinus draco. LiNN. , . . ... 197 



Trigla obscura. LiNN. . . . ... 197 



Trygon pastinaca. Linn. . . . . . 198 



Myliobatis aquila. Linn. . . . . . 198 



9. Report on the Surface Drift of the English Channel and 



Neighbouring Seas during 1897. By W. Garstang, M.A. . . 199 



10. Director's Report . . . ... 232 



NOTICE. 



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 excepting when those statements are contained in an official report of the Council. 



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