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Two of our members, Prof. G. S. Brady, "who, I am glad to 

 observe, has recently had conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. 

 of Aberdeen University, and the Eev. Dr. Norman, have just 

 published an important joint memoir in the Transactions of the 

 Eoyal Dublin Society. It is a "Monograph on the Marine 

 and Freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and of North 

 Western Europe, Section I. Podocopa." It contains descriptions 

 and notes on 249 species, and includes all the British and other 

 forms of the area to which it relates; the results of Dr. Norman's 

 extensive dredgings in Norway and the Bay of Biscay ; all the 

 recent additions to the British list which have resulted from the 

 investigations of the authors, of Mr. D. Bobertson, and Mr. 

 Scott; the species procured in the English Government expe- 

 ditions of the "Porcupine," " Valorous, " "Discovery," and 

 "Alert;" and, through the aid of the Marquise de Eolin, the 

 Ostracoda obtained during the expeditions of the French Govern- 

 ment sent out in the " Travailleur" and the "Talisman," are 

 included in it. Men of Science in various parts of Europe have 

 assisted the authors in their work by the communication of 

 specimens and information. In addition to this the known fossil 

 distribution of the species in the Tertiary and Post-Tertiary beds 

 is given. The work is illustrated with sixteen quarto plates, 

 many of which are devoted to anatomical details. 



In the summer of 1887 Prof. Brady did some interesting work 

 among the Meres of Shropshire, taking some scarce species of 

 Ostracoda, which enabled him to clear up the anatomy and rela- 

 tions of some species previously imperfectly known, and the 

 results are embodied in the Monograph I have referred to. In 

 addition to this, Prof. Brady has been working at a large series 

 of gatherings and dredgings made by his brother, Mr. H. B. 

 Brady, F.B.S., in the South Sea Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, 

 etc. The Ostracoda of these, including a large number of very 

 interesting forms, are the subject of a memoir, which will pro- 

 bably be published by the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh. 



My friend Professor Simmonds, F.L.S., well known for his 

 numerous works on Natural History, and as the Scientific Eeferee 

 for the Department of Science and Art, at the Bethnal Green 



