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" With his assistance I went over the collection of 

 Sigalionidce in the National collection, and we have a joint 

 note on the subject illustrated by drawings by Mrs. Evans 

 (not published). In September Mr. Evans went to George- 

 town instead of rae and since then I have continued work 

 upon the South African Collection, &c. 



" As a result of the Jamaica and Skeat collections. I shall 

 probably be able to send in a note upon the Cirrobranchiata 

 and Lumhriamereidce. 



" I may repeat that the collection sent over bv the Indian 

 Museum (which included a curious form of lancelet, de- 

 scribed in the Quart. J. Micro. Sci. by me under the name 

 Dolichorhynchus indicus) is of great interest and could be 

 dealt with in a fairly straightforward manner by anyone 

 applying himself to the work. 



"During the whole time spent at the Natural History 

 Museum, I have received every possible facility and kindness 

 from Professor Jeffrey Bell, and take great pleasure in 

 acknowledging them here." 



The Nemertines collected by the Newnes Expedition to the 

 Antarctic, had to be studied by the aid of serial sections, of 

 which 369 had to be made, and so long a time was necessary 

 for this study that the report could not be included in the 

 published volume. It is hoped that it will not be much 

 longer delayed. The few Oligochaeta received during the 

 year have been determined by Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.s., and 

 a small series of Parasitic Nematoda by Mr. A. E. Shipley. 

 Nearbr all the Worms added during the year have been 

 identified, and the collection generally is in a good state of 

 preservation. 



Anthozoa. — A well-illustrated guide to the exhibited 

 collection has been published. The MS. of the fourth 

 volume of the Catalogue of Corals, dsaling with both recent 

 and fossil specimens of the genus Goniopora is being printed, 

 and will be ready for issue shortly. The MS. of tne fifth 

 volume is in a forward condition, and its appearance should 

 not be long delayed. All the recent specimens of Goniopora 

 have been put away in boxes in systematic order. A 

 magnificent specimen of Anthoptilum grandifloruvi has 

 been mounted and placed in the Coral Gallery, to which 

 have also been added some very interesting examples of 

 cup-shaped Turbinarians showing the fatal influence of mud. 

 Two specimens of Heliopora ccerulecc (the blue coral), have 

 been cut and mounted illustrating Mr. Stanley Gardiner's 

 discovery that the blue colour of this coral gets fainter with 

 increasing depths of water. The Newnes collection has been 

 received and incorporated. 



Tunicata, Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera, and Protozoa. — 

 The arrangement of the collection of Sponges has been 

 continued and a Manuscript Catalogue of the Keratosa 

 (Horny Sponges) has been made, the dried specimens having 



