i '2 MUSEUMS. 



(/') Acquisitions. 

 INVERTEBRATES— 



Porifera (Sponges). 



One Sponge (indet.) (D. 5. 5. 1903. 7). 



Five Sponges (Suberites domuncvla), commensal on shell with 



Hermit Crabs from the Mersey estuary (D. 7. 5. 1903. 13. and 



D. 22. 6. 1903. 8) ; collected with the trawl from the s.s. "Beta," by 

 the Assistant Curator and the Laboratory Assistant. 



Sponge (Halichondria panicea) from Leasowe (D. 27. 7. 1903. 1) ; 

 purchased. 



Coelenterata (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.) 



Three Sea Anemones (Tealia crassicornis) from Leasowe (D. 5. 6. 

 1903. 1) : purchased. 



Eight Ctenophores (Cydippe pileus) ; three species of Zoophyte 

 (Antennularia ramosa, Sertularia polyzonias, and Garreia nutans) : 

 a number of Sea Anemones {Actinoloba dianthns) (I). 22. 7. 1903. 4) ; 

 Colonies of Zoophytes {Sertularia operculata and Hydractinia echinata) 

 from the Mersey estuary (1). IS. !). 1903. 18 and 19. and D. 22. (i. 

 1903. 7 and 16-18) ; collected with the trawl from the s.s. " Beta," by 

 the Assistant Curator and the Laboratory Assistant 



Echinoderms I Star-fishes. Sea-urchins, &c.) 

 Two Feather Star-fishes {Antedon bifida), four Star-fishes (Solaster 

 papposns) (D. 21. 4. 1903. 6 and 7) ; ten Brittle Star-fishes (I). 3. 7. 1903. 

 1), from the estuary of the Mersey ; collected and presented by Capt. 

 Griffiths, s.s. " Beta." 



Two Cake-urchins {indet) from New Zealand (D. 10. 6. 1903. 143) 

 presented by Dr. Lawton Pioberts. 



Rosy Feather Star (Antedon bifida) (D. 7. 5. 1903. 12) : four species 

 of Star-fish (Astropecten irregularis, Henric'm sanguinolenta, Ophiura 

 ciliaris (4), and Antedon bifida) : and three specimens of Spatangus 

 purpureas (D. 22. 6. 1903. 10-13) : eleven Star-fishes (Astropecten 

 irregularis, Ophiura ciliaris, Opkiopholis aculeata) (D. 18. 9. 1903. 

 9-11), from the Mersey estuary ; collected with the trawl from the 

 s.s. "Beta," by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant. 



Photograph (platinotype) of rock-pool, showing specimens of Echini 

 in sitn (D. 21. 9. 1903. 1); purchased. 



