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at the Station on the invitation of Doctor Dolirn, i)ending' a decision as 

 to the renewal of the Smithsonian lease. His occupanc}^ was after- 

 wards extended until August 1, making a session of live consecutive 

 months. Preliminary mention of his research has been received from 

 Doctor Prentiss, in which he speaks of the exceptional opportunities 

 afforded at Naples for obtaining valuable living material for his 

 researches. 



During the summer of 190:^ Dr. T. H. Morgan, of Bryn Mawr 

 College, hlled another short appointment at the table, and has since 

 transmitted to the Institution copies of two published memoirs detail- 

 ing the results of his work. 



Dr. C. M. Child, of the University of Chicago, occupied the Smith- 

 sonian seat from July 1 till December 81, 1902. His report, which 

 indicates briefly the results of his work without extended discussion, 

 is to be published in the first quarterl}^ issue of the Smithsonian Mis- 

 cellaneous Collections, together with the other papers which have been 

 submitted, in accordance with the request of the Institution, for this 

 purpose by those who have recently occupied the Smithsonian seat. 



Dr. C. S. Minot, of Harvard University, who filled an appointment 

 from October 15 till December 15, 1902, reports that his time at Naples 

 was devoted to procuring series of embr3'os of Torpedo ocellata^ Jfi/s- 

 telus laevis, Petromyzon^ and Amj)htoxu-'<, and also ^^ouiig specimens of 

 Pristi'urus and Scylllum. Doctor Minot also refers to the ample 

 resources of the Station, which enabled him to obtain fine series in 

 carefully selected stages of development. These specimens have been 

 arranged in serial sections and placed in the Hai'vard embryological 

 collection, where they will be open to all competent investigators and 

 will serve for many years for studies in comparative embryology. 



Prof. F. M. MacFarland, of Leland Stanford Junior University, 

 occupied the Table for five months from November 1, 1902. This was 

 Professor MacFarland's second term of occupancy, he having been 

 appointed to the seat for three months in the spring and summer of 

 1896. 



Dr. C. B. Davenport, of the Ihiiversity of Chicago, held the seat for 

 parts of November and December, 1902. In a report promptly sub- 

 mitted at the termination of his occupancy, Doctor Davenport sa^^s 

 that during his short period at Naples he made an investigation into 

 the development of the color pattern and specific markings of the shell 

 of Pecten jaeohaeiis^ P. varius^ and P. pusio^ having also gathered 

 materials for a quantitative variation study of the shells of this 

 species. 



Prof. C. W. Hargitt, of Syracuse Universit}', the approval of wdiose 

 application was necessarily postponed awaiting a decision as to the 

 renewal of the lease, received the appointment for March, April, and 

 May of the current year, during which time he completed a research 



