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covered with masses of its spawn. After June Aplysia 

 almost entirely disappeared, and was not found again 

 until the end of September... The following common 

 animals could usually be supplied alive to laboratories and 

 museums at any time without much delay : — Actinia 

 mesembryanthemum, Tealia crassicomis, Bunocles gemma- 

 ceus, Actinoloba dianthus, Alcyonium digitatum, Echinus 

 esculentus, E. miliaris, Ophiothrix fragilis, Ophiocoma 

 nigra, Ophiura ciliaris, Arenicola marina and A. ecaudata, 

 Nereis pelagica, Pecten maximus and P. opercularis, Doris 

 tuberculata, Aplysia punctata (spring), Cancer pagurus, 

 Carcinus moenas, Nepkrops norvegicus, Galathea squam- 

 ifera." 



There are of course many other animals, both common 

 species and rarer forms, which could be obtained alive by 

 giving a little notice, or preserved in spirit, on applying 

 to the Hon. Director, at University College, Liverpool. 



The little reference library at the Station is growing 

 gradually, but is still badly in want of many common 

 books and pamphlets. Any works on Marine Zoology, 

 on British Animals, or on the structure and development 

 of marine invertebrates will be thankfully received. The 

 Committee are much indebted to Prof. G. B. Howes who 

 has kindly presented to the Station a series of 7 volumes 

 of collected fishery papers — the result of the Fisheries 

 Exhibition of 1883. Other books and pamphlets have 

 been received from members of the Committee, and the 

 following books have been purchased during the year : — 

 Baird's British Entomostraca, Johnston's British Mu- 

 seum Catalogue of Worms, and Jeffrey's British Conchol- 



ogy (5 vols.). 



Publications. 



Since the last Annual Report, we have issued Vol. IV. 

 of the ''Fauna of Liverpool Bay." It is the largest 



