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tions on Lucernarians, which will form the subject of a 
short paper by himself, to be laid before the Biological 
Society at an early meeting. Mr. Beaumont reports to 
me that he collected two species of Lucernarians under 
stones on the shore, between the boat jetty and the break- 
water on the south side of Port Erin harbour. The one 
species was Lucernaria quadricornis, Miller; the other he 
identifies as Depastrum cyathiforme, Sars, and of this 
two varieties, a light reddish brown and a dark purple, 
occur—both being adult. 
Mr. EK. T. Browne, 
B.A., was at the Station 
for some weeks in July 
and August, and spent 
most of his time in study- 
ing the ‘plankton ”’ or 
surface hfe. Amongst 
the animals he collected 
and identified were the 
following which had 
Pie not been previously re- 
Fig 11. The Laminarian Zone at low tide. . ‘ 
Good Collecting Ground. corded :—Tvara pileata 
(=Oceania episcopalis, Forb.), Aglaophena tubulrfera, 
with Corbule, and Anceus maxillaris (found before but 
not recorded), male and female with eggs, inside Sycandra 
compressa on the rocks near the laboratory. 
Mr. Chadwick was occupied in collecting and preserving 
material for his work upon the minute structure of Star- 
fishes, which will form the subject of a paper to be read 
before the Biological Society in spring. 
The faunistic work of other investigators, and of some 
members of the Committee who were at the station, will 
be found referred to further on ; while a few of the workers 
such as Mr. Chaudhuri, being students who were making 
