EDITOKIAL NOTES. 



This Volume contains Parts XL VIII. , XLIX., and L. of the Zoological 

 Series of Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition. 



Part XL VIII. is the Second and concluding Part of the Report on the 

 Isopoda collected during the Expedition, by Frank Evers Beddard, Esq., M.A. 

 (Oxon), Prosector to the Zoological Society of London. 



The First Part of the Report was published in 1884 in Volume XL, 

 Zoology, and forms Part XXXIII. of the Zoological Series of Reports. 



Part XLIX. is a valuable Systematic Report on the Brachyura collected 

 during the Expedition, by Edward J. Miers, Esq., F.L.S., formerly Assistant 

 in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. 



It is to be regretted that Mr. Miers' health did not permit him to revise 

 the proofs of the greater part of the Report as it was passing through the 

 press. Great care was, however, taken to render the text as correct as 

 possible, and fortunately Mr. Miers has been able to look over the Report, and 

 to point out a few errors, before the last sheets were passed for press. 



Part L. — The First Part of the Report on the Polyzoa, treating of the 

 Cheilostomata, by George Busk, Esq., F.R.S., was published in 1884 in 

 Volume X., Zoology, forming Part XXX. of the Zoological Series of Reports. 

 The present part forms the second and concluding portion of Mr. Busk's 

 Report on the Polyzoa, and has a very special interest from being the last 

 piece of scientific work accomplished by that distinguished veteran naturalist. 



