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to be remarkably accurate in the numerous cases in which I 

 have taken the trouble to verify them. 



In conclusion, I must express my thanks firstly to Professor 

 Ray Lankester, in whose laboratory my investigations were 

 conducted ; next, to Professor De Lacazc-Duthiers for per- 

 mission to work in the Marine Laboratory at Roscoff, where I 

 was abundantly supplied with living specimens of Alcyonium, 

 Gorgonia, and Caryophyllia : to Mrs. Geo. Brook, to 

 whose kindness I am indebted for the valuable collection of 

 specimens and preparations of Madreporaria, without whicli I 

 could hardly have completed my work ; to Professors Miers 

 and Sollas, who have spent much of their valuable time in 

 overcoming my profound ignorance on the subject of crystallo- 

 graphy ; and lastly, to my friend Mr. E. A. Minchin, whose 

 studies on sponge spicules, made in the same room in which 

 I have been working, have greatly influenced my work on the 

 Anthozoa. 



List of Papers keferred to. 



1. Bourne, G. C — " On the Anatomy of tlie Madreporaritin Coral Fungia," 



' Quart. Jouru. Micr. Sci.,' vol. xxvii, n. s., p. 293. 



2. Bourne, G. C. — "On the Anatomy of Mussa and Euphyilia," 'Quart. 



Journ. Micr. Sci.,' vol. xxviii, n. s., p. 25. 



3. Bourne, G. C. — " On the Post-embryonic Development of Fungia," ' Sci. 



Trans. Royal Dublin Soc.,' vol. v, ser. 2, 1893. 



4. Bourne, G. C. — "On the Structure and Aflinities of Ileliopora 



cocrulea," ' Phil. Trans.,' 1895, p. 455. 



5. Ebner, V. VON. — " Ueber den feineren Ban der Skcletthcile der Kalk- 



schwiimmc ncbst Bemerkungen iiber Kalkskeictc iiberhaupt," ' Sitz. 

 der kais. Akad. der Wisscnsch., xcv,' 1887. 

 e. Fowler, G. H. — " The Anatomy of the Mudrcporaria," i, ' Quart. Journ. 

 Micr. Sci.,' vol. xxv. 



7. Fowler, G. H. — "The Anatomy of the Madreporaria," ii, 'Quart. 



Journ. Micr. Sci.,' vol. xxvii. 



8. Fowler, G. H. — "The Anatomy of tiic Madreporaria," iii, 'Quart. 



Journ. Micr. Sci.,' vol. xxviii. 



9. Fowler, G. U. — "The Anatomy of the Madreporaria," iv, 'Quart. 



Journ. Micr. Sci.,' vol. xxviii. 



