128 accounts, etc., of the beitish museum. 



Anthozoa, Hydeozoa and Porifera. 



A MS. Catalogue of Pennatulids, including the described 

 species and the specimens in the collection, is in course of 

 preparation. 



Collections of Hydrozoa from the Mediterranean and the 

 West Indies have been examined and sorted. Mr. J. Ritchie 

 has described thirteen specimens of Hydroids, collected at 

 Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, by Dr. C. W. Andrews. 



Collections of Sponges from the Mediterranean, West 

 Indies, and Antarctic Ocean have been examined and sorted. 



Much progress has been made with the conserving, labelling 

 and incorporating of the Norman Collection of Sponges. 



A detailed report (with 7 plates) on Merlia normani, a 

 Sponge with a siliceous and calcareous skeleton, has been 

 completed. 



A report on a remarkable Pharetronid Sponge (Murrayona 

 IjTianole'pis) , collected by Dr. C. W. Andrews at Christmas 

 Island, has been published in the " Proc. Roy. Soc. London." 



The Trustees granted 45 days' leave to Mr. Kirkpatrick for 

 the purpose of dredging off Christmas Island. Many sponges 

 were obtained, including examples of Murrayona 2}hanole2:>is 

 and Astrosclera willeyana. 



II. — Duplicates and Exchanges. 

 (a) Duplicates. 



Duplicates have been distributed amongst museums^ 

 scientific institutions, &c., as follows : — 



Mainmalia. — Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zea- 

 land ; South African Museum, Cape Town ; American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York ; University Museum, Oxford. 



Aves. — North Staffordshire Field Club Museum, Hanley ; 

 Manchester Museum ; University Museum, Oxford ; South 

 African Museum, Cape Town ; Canterbury Museum, Christ- 

 church, New Zealand ; American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York. 



Pisces. — Indian Museum, Calcutta ; Museum of the Training 

 Ship " Worcester." 



Mollusca. — Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh (with other 

 duplicates) ; Mr. W. H. Whitelock. 



Insecta. — Duplicates have been sent to the following 

 gentlemen who have assisted in naming specimens : — Professor 

 Ch. Aurivillius, Dr. Max Bernhauer, Professor T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, Mr. Isaac B. Ericson, Professor J. J. Gillet, M. A. 

 Grouvelle, Professor J. J. Kieft'er, Senor R. P. Longinos Navas, 

 S.J., Herr Adolf Schmidt, Herr C. Sternberg, Herr Hans 

 Wagner, Herr H. W. van de Weele. 



