47 



REPORT ON THE INVERTEBRATA (EXCLUSIVE OF 



INSECTS). 



By Walter Faxon. 



But few accessions to the collections have been received during 

 the past year. The most noteworthy acquisitions consist of a fine 

 representative collection of the marine Crustacea of Japan (pur- 

 chased) ; two dozen specimens of Nautilus pompilius preserved in 

 the flesh, from the South Pacific (purchased) ; three shells of 

 Nautilus micromphalus, received from the Boston Society of Natu- 

 ral History ; and a collection of Corals, Acalephs, and Crusta- 

 cea, collected at the Bahama Islands in 1893 by the " Wild Duck " 

 Expedition, and presented by Mr. A. Agassiz. A large collection 

 of Molluscan shells brought together by the late Wm, W. Wheil- 

 don has been given to the Museum by his family. The Museum 

 is also indebted for the gift of specimens to Messrs. R. T. Jackson, 

 S. D. Judd, and C. B. Davenport. 



The surface Schizopods of the " Albatross " Expedition of 1891, 

 which were sent last year to Dr. Arnold Ortmann in Strassburg, 

 have been returned, accompanied by a report which has been pub- 

 lished in the Bulletin of the Museum (Yol. XXV. No. 8, Septem- 

 ber, 1894). Professor A. E. Yerrill has returned a lot of the 

 " Blake " Mollusca, and Professor Alphonse Milne Edwards the 

 Galateida3 of the " Blake " Expeditions of 1877-79. The " Blake " 

 Galateidse form the subject of an elaborate report by MM. Milne 

 Edwards and Bouvier, to be published, with twelve lithographic 

 plates, in the Museum Memoirs. The memoir entitled u Consid- 

 erations Generales sur la Famille des Galatheides " by Milne 

 Edwards and Bouvier, lately printed in Annales des Sciences 

 Naturelles (Zool., ser., Ib94, Yol. XYI. pp. 191-327), is based 

 in part upon the " Hassler " and " Blake " collections of our 

 Museum. 



