240 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



A report by Dr. E. A. Andrews on the marine annelids of Beaufort, 

 N. C, and Willougliby Spit, Va., may also be referred to in this con- 

 nection, although the material described was not furnished by this de- 

 partment. A full set of the species was, however, presented to the 

 Museum by Dr. Andrews, and his paper will be printed in its tjroceed- 

 ings. 



All of the unnamed specimens of stomatopods in the collection, as 

 well as some others, have been referred to Dr. Robert P. Bigelow, of 

 Johns Hopkins University, who is n(nv prepariiig an extensive paper 

 on the grouj*. The specimens of the Oniscidw have been referred for 

 study to Messrs. O. F. Cook and H. R. Jaquay, of Syracuse University; 

 and also many lots of the Foraminifera from the dredgings of the Alba- 

 tross and other vessels, to Dr. James M. Flint, U. S. Navy. 



Nine of the regular sets of duplicate marine invertebrates belonging 

 to series No. IV have been distributed during the year. Each of 

 these sets contains about one hundred an<l ten species, carefully pre- 

 served and labeled, as described in previous reports. The specimens 

 were selected from collections made by the U. S. Fish Commission on 

 the eastern coast of the United States, and represent all of the princi- 

 pal groups of invertebrates occurring in tliat region. The institutions 

 supplied areas foUows: Pennsylvania State College, Center County, 

 Pa.; Brooklyn Training School, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Mount Vernon Sem- 

 inary, Washington, D. C; High School, Bridgton, Me.; Missouri Val- 

 ley College, Marshall, Mo.; Colnriibia College, New York, N. Y.; Lou- 

 isiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton 

 Rouge, La.; State Normal School, Milwauke(S Wis.: High School, 

 Springfield, Mass. 



Special collections have been sent out in exchange for other speci- 

 mens or for purposes of stu<ly, as follows: To Prof. George S. Brady, 

 Sunderland, England; the Tmjterial Museum of Natural History, Berlin, 

 Germany; the American Museum of Natural History, New York, N. 

 Y. ; Prof. J. P. McMurrich, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. ; John 

 W. Spencer, Paxton, 111.; Charles S. Beachler, Crawfordsville, Ind.; 

 Dr. Stei)hen Bowers, Ventura, Cal.; the Brooklyn Institute, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.; Prof. Henry A. Ward, Rochester, N. Y.; Mount VernoJi Semi- 

 nary, Washington, D. C. 



The principal explorations during the year by which this department 

 has been benefited, were those made by the Fish Commission steamers 

 Albatross and Fish Hairl; the former operating in the Pacific Ocean, 

 the latter on the Atlantic coast of the United States. The steamer Al- 

 batross spent the summer of 1800 in Bering Sea, going north in May 

 and returning to San Francisco in Sei)tember. The object of this cruise 

 was to determine the fishing resources of the southeastern part of Ber- 

 ing Sea, and the location, extent, and characteristics of the cod and 

 halibut banks. Many dredgings were made over this area, both in 

 shallow and deep water, and large collections of natural-history speci- 



