_ PH0R01II3 ARCHIT SCTA; 

 _ I TS LI7 E HIST ORY^ AIIATOI^ilY AJID BR I5E^DIJ[G JW ^I TS_5__ 



During the sumraer of 1901, I bewail thfi study of Phoroviis 

 architccta at Beaufort, ITorir, Carolina aiid I continued the same 

 in th.e suirurar of 1902. I v/i sh to express my ti:anks to the 

 Thiitel States 'Fish Commission for the privilege of v;o rkin^i in 

 their station at Beaufort #iere all the couvGniences necessary 

 for scientific invcstijjation are at hand. To Prof. H.V.V/ilaon, 

 Director of the station in 1901 and to Dr. Caswell Gravo , Direc- 

 tor durin^ 1902, I am indebtea for many kindnesses, which I 

 take pleasure in acknovv'ledjrinc 



VfTiile the study of the live material was for the most part 

 dene at Beai^fort, the rest of tne work was pursued in the Zoo- 

 xogical Laboraoory of the Johns Hopkins University, and it is 

 a pleasure to have the Ofportunity of tenderinti irc sincere 

 thanks for valuable suggusL i.^ns aaid friendly encouragement to 

 Prof, W.K. Brooks. 



Since the discovery of Phoronis hl^^.crepia b: Wright in 

 1856, the affinities of this most interestint; genus have been 

 more or less under discussion. Different investigators have 

 sought to ally ti.e Pnoronidae with the Bryozoa, the ErachJopoda, 



