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college students and young amateurs formed a large pro- 

 portion of the workers, the want has been constantly felt 

 of a series of detailed descriptions of the structure of 

 certain common typical animals and plants, chosen as 

 representatives of their groups, and dealt with by spe- 

 cialists. The same want has probably been felt in other 

 similar institutions and in many College laboratories. 



The suggestion has been received so cordially that we 

 have been encouraged to carry out the scheme without 

 delay, and the first papers of the series are now being 

 issued. They will be called the " L.M.B.C. Memoirs," 

 each will treat of one type, and they w T ill be issued 

 separately as they are ready, and will be obtainable 

 Memoir by Memoir as they appear, or later bound up in 

 convenient volumes. It is hoped that such a series of 

 special studies, written by those who are thoroughly 

 familiar with the forms of which they treat, will be 

 found of value by students of Biology in our laboratories 

 and in Marine Stations, and will be welcomed by many 

 others working privately at Marine Natural History. 



It is proposed that the forms selected, should, as far as 

 possible, be common L.M.B.C. (Irish Sea) animals and 

 plants of which no adequate account already exists in any 

 text-book. Probably most of the specialists who have 

 taken part in the L.M.B.C. work in the past, will prepare 

 accounts of one or more representatives of their groups. 

 The following have already promised their services, and 

 in some cases the Memoir is already far advanced. The 

 first Memoir (No. L, Ascidia) was published in October, 

 price Is. 6d. ; the second (No. II., Cardium) is now in 

 type, and will be issued in a few w r eeks ; the third 

 (No. III., Echinus) will appear before the end of 1899. A 

 couple of Botanical Memoirs will, it is hoped, be ready 

 early in 1900, and others will follow in rapid succession. 



