A list of the Museum publications issued during the past Aca- 

 demic year is given in Appendix A of this Report. They con- 

 sist of five numbers of the Bulletin, and two numbers of the 

 Memoirs. This is rather a smaller amount of published matter 

 than usual ; but several of the Bulletins have been delayed from 

 the difficulty of obtaining the necessary illustrations. Also one 

 volume of the Memoirs, to contain Ehlers's Florida Annelids, 

 will be issued shortly as a whole, as well as the two volumes 

 of the Bulletin containing my General Report on the " Blake " 

 expeditions. An addition to the list shows the publications in 

 preparation, and with each special Report will be found a list 

 of the publications of the Assistants of the Museum, of the pub- 

 lications based upon the materials of the institution, or of in- 

 vestigations carried on by the Professors and students of the 

 University in our Laboratories. 



Over 400 volumes, and more than 1,500 parts of volumes and 

 pamphlets, have been added to the Library during the past year. 



The Museum has lost the services of Mr. Lyman, who has been 

 connected with it from the beginning, either as one of the origi- 

 nal Trustees, or as member of its Facult}^, since the Museum 

 became a part of the University. During the whole of that time 

 Mr. Lyman has not only been engaged upon his investigations 

 of the Ophiurans, but has shown his deep interest in many ways 

 in the welfare of the Museum and in its progress. Unfortunately, 

 the state of Mr. Lyman's health became such that he felt com- 

 pelled to tender his resignation as member of the Faculty and as 

 Assistant in the Museum. The Faculty most reluctantly ac- 

 cepted his resignation, and nominated Professor H. P. Bowditch 

 to fill this vacancy, and this nomination has been confirmed by 

 the President and Fellows. 



ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. 



Cambridge, October 1, 1887. 



