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L.M.B.C. Publications. 

 During the past year the following papers dealing with 

 L.M.B.C. work have been published : — 



1. The Eleventh Annual Beport (Trans. Biol. Soc, 

 vol. XII., p. 91). 



2. The Sea-Fisheries Laboratory Beport for 1897 

 (Trans. Biol. Soc, vol. XII., p. 176). 



3. Note on a Tetramerous Specimen of Echinus 

 esculentus. By H. C. Chadwick (Trans. Biol. Soc, 

 vol. XII., p. 288). 



4. Actinological Studies, I. — The Mesenteries and (Eso- 

 phageal Grooves of Actinia equina. By J. A. Clubb, 

 M.Sc (Trans. Biol. Soc, vol. XII., p. 300). 



5. Beport on Oysters and Disease, by Prof. Boyce and 

 Prof. Herdman (Brit. Assoc. Bep.), with an Appendix on 

 Iron and Copper in Oysters, by Dr. Kohn. 



6. The Deposits on the Floor of the Irish Sea. By 

 Prof. Herdman and Mr. Lomas (Proc Liverpool Geol. 

 Soc, vol. VIIL, p. 205). 



It is hoped that volume V. of the " Fauna and Flora," 

 containing reprints of these and all other papers on our 

 local work published since the appearance of vol. IV. (in 

 1895) will be ready to issue during the present winter. 



I am inclined to think that the time has now arrived 

 when it may be the duty of the Committee to issue a new 

 form of publication. Our work hitherto, during the last 

 12 years, has been largely faunistic and speciographic 

 The work of necessity must be so at first when opening 

 up a new district. Some of our workers have published 

 papers on morphological points, or observations on life 

 histories and habits; but the majority of the papers in 

 our volumes on the Fauna and Flora of Liverpool Bay 

 have been, as was intended, occupied with the names and 

 characteristics and distribution of the many different 



