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Crustacea, have been placed in one of the wall-cases. In the 

 Crustacea room the necessary re-spiriting and supervision of 

 the collection has been carried on as usual, and, in particular,, 

 the " Challenger " collection of Amphipoda, hitherto crowded 

 together in a few large jars, has been extended into about 150 

 bottles, re-labelled, and made available for study. As no space 

 is available for its incorporation, this collection is temporarily 

 stored in two book- cases. A card-index to the genera of 

 Crustacea in the collection (some 1,500 in number) has been 

 prepared. The work of re-pinning, for greater safety, the 

 specimens in the dry collection, and of replacing the supply of 

 naphthaline in the drawers, has been begun, and about one-third 

 of the collection has been done. A large number of accessions 

 have been determined, and, where necessary, descriptions of 

 the new species have been published. Work on the Cumacea 

 has been continued. 



Prototracheata, Echinoderma, Vermes and Anthozoa.* — 

 The MS. Catalogue to the spirit collection has been indexed, 

 and is therefore generally available, but it will rapidly cease 

 to be of use unless increased space is soon found for the 

 collection of Invertebrates in spirit. 



Most of the specimens obtained during the year have been 

 determined. 



Dv. Ashworth is continuing his catalogue of the Arenicolidse. 



The new edition of the Guide to the Shell and Starfish 

 Galleries has been published. 



The study collection of dried Corals has been transferred 

 from the western tower to the basement, where, by a great 

 improvement in the method of arrangement, the specimens are 

 much more easily accessible to the student. 



The dried collection of Irregular Echinoids is being arranged 

 in a method by which it will occupy much less space than 

 heretofore. 



The MS. Catalogues of Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea have 

 been posted up for the last ten years ; the new species described 

 in these years, and the accessions to the collection have all 

 been duly entered ; these MS. Catalogues are of great service 

 to students. 



In the Starfish Gallery painted pictures of the Common 

 Sea-Urchin and of Sabellaria spinulosa, as they occur in life, 

 have been placed on the walls ; two specimens of the common 

 Sea-mouse, prepared from living specimens, and of Gordius 

 aquaticiis have been mounted, and instantaneous photographs 

 of the latter have been taken and mounted. A few additions 

 have been made to the explanatory labels in the Starfish 

 Gallery. 



* The Assistant in charge of these groups has been recently occupied by 

 the editing of the " Discovery " Report. 



