lOG E. A. ANDREWS. 



can be assigned to specific determinations. Eecognizing tbe inadequacy of 

 cbaracters drawn from preserved specimens, even when they are well pre- 

 served, we must hope that a new study of living specimens in various regions 

 will lay the foundation for a true conception of the classification, variation 

 and geographical distribution of the acraniates. Nowhere could this be 

 begun better than in Japan and by Japanese students. 



