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Company's fleet, haa this year again succeeded in bringing over, from 

 West Africa, on frequent occasions, living specimens of the Electric 

 Cat-fish {Malaptevurm electiicus) , and has presented them to the Museum. 

 They have proved very attractive, both to scientific men and to the 

 general public. He also brought over and presented additional specimens 

 of the " Walking-fish " (Periophthalmus koelreuteri), collected on the 

 West Coast of Africa. He was successful besides in conveying alive 

 to the Aquarium the interesting Ganoid (Calamoichthys calabariciis). 



(f) Exchanges. 



Certain living duplicates of animals in the Aquarium were sent to the 

 Montreal Museum in exchange for desiderata (not yet arrived), in our 

 Museum ; a series of Marine Invertebrates (see list of acquisitions) 

 was received from Professor D'Arcy Thompson, University College, 

 Dundee, to be exchanged for other marine animals. 



(g) Acquisitions. 



INVERTEBRATES— 



Protozoa. 



Noctiluca miliaris ; purchased. 



Collection of Foraminifera ; presented by Mr. F. Gordon Pearcey : — 

 Hyperammina arhorescens, Operculina comptanata, Orbitolites hiciniata, 

 0. C07nplanata, Pelosina variabilis, Astrorhiza limicola, A. catenata, 

 Carpenteria gigantea, and a series of Foraminiferal deposits. 



Porifera. (Sponges.) 

 Halisarca dujardini ; Spongelia fragilis ; Tethya lyncurium; SteJletta 

 collivgsi ; purchased. 



Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.) 

 Coryne vaginata, Gonothyrna loveni, Plumularia siinilis, Medusoids of 

 SyTic ryne, Lucernaria octoradiata, Anemone sulcata, Peachia trip/iylla ; 

 purchased. 



Echinoderma. (Starfishes, etc.) 

 Myriotrochus rinkii and Antedon eschi'ichtii ; received in exchange. 

 Synapta inhcerens ; purchased. 



Vermes. (Worms.) 

 Taenia serrnta, T. cucumarina ; received in exchange. 



