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LETTEE of Professor EDWABD EOEBES on the 

 Marine Zoology of the IEISH SEA. Communicated 

 by Prof. Herdrnan. 



[Read May 11th, 1894.] 



[Note. The following letter was found amongst the 

 papers of our late member Mr. Erank Archer, and was 

 kindly sent to me for perusal by his sister Miss Archer : it 

 was addressed to their father the late Dr. Francis Archer 

 who held the office of President of the old Natural History 

 Society about 1837 or 1838. That fixes approximately 

 the date of the letter. On seeing that the contents were 

 of some interest in connection with our local marine 

 biological investigations, I obtained permission from Miss 

 Archer to take a copy of the letter and lay it before our 

 Society with a view to publication in the Transactions. 



The " Euploca^nus ,, referred to is Triopa claviger, 

 Tritonia pinnatifida is now Doto, Lamellaria tentaculata 

 is the male of L. perspicua, Asterias templetoni is now 

 known as Porania pulvillus, and the rest are well known 

 species or synonyms. 



The Eeport on the distribution of Pulmoniferous Mol- 

 lusca in Britain referred to by Forbes was, I find, laid 

 before the British Association at the Birmingham meeting 

 in 1839. W. A. Heedman.] 



LETTEE. 



To the President of the Natural History Society of 



Liverpool. 



Sie, Allow me to return my grateful thanks for the 



honour conferred upon me by the Natural History Society 



of Liverpool, in electing me a corresponding member. In 



