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via THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Part XLVI. — The collection of Reef-Corals formed during the Expedi- 

 tion was a relatively small one, being chiefly made up of a few specimens from 

 each of the localities visited. When, however, the collection was compared 

 with that in the British Museum it was found to be of much gi-eater interest 

 than was at first supposed. Mr. John J, Quelch, B.Sc, who made this com- 

 parison, was consequently induced to prepare the present detailed Report, which 

 contains, in addition to the descriptions of new species, an important contri- 

 bution to our knowledge of the geographical distribution of these animals. 



Part XL VII. — This is the second part of the Report on the Human 

 Crania and other Bones of the Skeleton, by Professor Sir William Turner, 

 Knt., F.R.S. As in the first part of the Report, dealing with the Crania, 

 Sir William Turner has not limited his investigations to a description of the 

 Skeletons actually collected by the Expedition, but has embodied in his 

 research an account of a number of other Skeletons, and the descriptions of 

 preceding writers. The whole Report thus forms a valuable contribution to 

 the Comparative Osteology of the Races of Man. 



John Murray. 



Challenger Office, 32 Queen Street, 

 Edinburgh, l^ih August 1886. 



EBBATA.—PABT XLIV. 



Page 14, line 8 from bottom, fo7- " vol. iv." read "vol. vi." 



Page 67, at the top of the page insert " Division II. Traehyglossa, Ltitken." 



Page 68, line 7 from bottom, /o?* " Bobitxna" read '■'■ Bolitxna" 



Page 136, line 6, for " Gray " read " Quoy." 



Page 217, line 4 from bottom, for " Monchezia " read " Mouchezia." 



Page 219, after line 20, iusert " Architeuthus martensi." 



Page 220, footnote, for " d'Abigny " read "d'Orbigny." 



