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The proofs of the Report on the Acalephs have been sent to Dr. 

 Maas, and it is hoped that his Memoir will be issued shortly. 



Of the " Blake " Reports, we have published the Memoir by Pro- 

 fessors Milne-Edwards and Bouvier on the Galatheidae (Vol. XIX. 

 No. 12), and a Bulletin (Vol. XXX. No. 3), Supplementary Notes 

 on Crustacea, by Professor Faxon. 



The Monograph on the American Crinoidea Camerata by Wachs- 

 muth and Springer, by far the most extensive publication we 

 have yet undertaken, lias been issued by the Museum as Volumes 

 XX. and XXI. of the Memoirs, accompanied by an Atlas of 83 

 Plates. The Heliotype Printing Company of Boston deserves 

 great credit for the thorough manner in which it fulfilled its con- 

 tract for the delivery of the Plates, and we are greatly indebted 

 to Mr. Westergren for his endless care in the supervision of the 

 presswork of the Plates. 



The Corporation has continued the allowance of 8400 made in 

 previous years to aid in the publication of some of the Contributions 

 from the Zoological Laboratory. 



Of the Bulletins we published two numbers of the Geological 

 Series relating to the Florida Reefs, by myself, Mr. L. S. Gris- 

 wold, and Dr. E. 0. Hovey (Vol. XXVIII. Nos. 2 and 3). Volume 

 XXX. of the Bulletin has also been issued, containing four num- 

 bers of Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory, in charge ot 

 Professor Mark, and one number by Dr. Woodworth and myself 

 on the Variations in the Genus Eucope. 



Among the papers which are ready for the press I may mention 

 the report of my Visit to the Great Barrier Reef, and short papers 

 by Dr. Woodworth on the Planarians, and by Dr. Mayer and my- 

 self on some Acalephs of the Barrier Reef. 



A short Memoir on the Genus Dactylometra, by Dr. Mayer and 

 myself, is also ready for the printer. 



This publication will probably be delayed until my return from 

 the Fiji Islands, where I have planned to pass the greater part of 

 next winter in studying the coral reefs of that group. I shall be 

 accompanied by Dr. Woodworth and Dr. Mayer as assistants. The 

 steamer "Yaralla " has been chartered in Sydney for the expe- 

 dition, and she is to meet us at Suva late in October. The outfit 

 for the expedition has been shipped to Sydney to be placed on 

 board the steamer we have chartered. In addition to the usual 

 apparatus, for photographic purposes, for sounding and dredging, 



