300 JULIAN S. HUXLEY ON EXPEDITION TO SPITSBERGEN, 1921. 



are simple, the number of species few, and tlie ecological problem 

 accordingly reduced to its simplest form. It is boped that wben 

 the data are properly correlated, tbe results will be of considerable 

 general interest. 



Although the object of the expedition was not primarily 

 the discovery of new forms, a considerable number of new species 

 were actually discovered — to date 5 diptera, 1 collembolan, 

 1 tapeworm (new genus), 1 ascidian, 5 oligochaetes, 1 spider, 

 1 rotifer (new to science), in addition to a large number of new 

 records for Spitsbergen. 



The collections of the remarkable plant fossils from the Jurassic 

 and Tertiary are the first large collections of these forms — 

 interesting because of the change of climate which they imply — 

 which have been brought back to England. Some paleozoic 

 corals have also proved to be of interest. 



The exploring party, comprising Mr. Odell, Mr. Frazer and 

 Dr. Longstafi, penetrated a considerable distance across New 

 Friesland, mapped a hitherto unsurveyed area, and altered 

 and extended our views of the geological structure of the eastern 

 part of the main island. 



The separate papers embodying the results of the expedition 

 will be bound up together and issued with a preface by the 

 Clarendon Press. Mr. Jourdain has a book on Spitsbergen 

 birds in preparation, while Mr. Carr-Saunders and Mr. Huxley 

 are preparing a volume on the general scientific problems pre- 

 sented by Spitsbergen. Mr. Seton Gordon has issued a popular 

 account of the natural history under the title Amid Snowy 

 Wastes. 



Journ. Quekett Microscopical Club, Ser. 2, Vol, XIV., No. 88, November 1922. 



