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require Biological Stations no less than Zoologists, and 

 memoirs are still wanting on many marine plant types. 



The next Memoir to he issued will probably he 

 Patella — -the Limpet — by Professor Ainsworlli Davis and 

 Mr. H. J. Fleure, the manuscript of which is now in the 

 Editor's hands. Others upon Arenicola, the Fisherman's 

 lug-worm, by Dr. J. H. Ashworth, and upon the Oyster, 

 the Ostiacod and Antedon are nearly ready. Mr. Colo, the 

 senior author of " Pleuronectes," has made considerable 

 progress with his Memoir on Myxine, the Hag-fish, and is 

 preparing a series of very beautiful plates, towards the 

 expense of lithographing which the Committee have to 

 thank Mrs. Holt for a kind donation of £50, while Sir John 

 Brunner has promised a similar amount to our Treasurer 

 to complete the sum necessary. The list of the Memoirs 

 published and in contemplation is now as follows: — 

 Memoir I. Ascidia, W. A. Herdman, 60 pp., 5 Pis., 2s. 

 „ II. Cardium, J. Johnstone, 92 pp., 7 Pis., 2s. Gd. 

 „ III. Echinus, H. C. Chadwick, 36 pp., 5 Pis., 2s. 

 ,, IY. Codium, R. J. H. Gibson and Helen Auld, 



2G pp., 3 Pis., Is. 6d. 

 „ Y. Alcyonium, S. J. Hickson, 30 pp., 3 Pis., Is. 6d. 

 ,, YI. LErEOPHTHEmrs and Lern.ea, Andrew Scott, 



62 pp., 5 Pis., 2s. 

 „ VII. Lineus, E. C. Punnett, 40 pp., 4 Pis., 2s. 

 ,, VIII. Plaice, F. J. Cole and J. Johnstone, 260 pp., 



11 Pis., 7s. 

 ,, IX. Chondrt's, O. V. Darbiskire, 50 pp., 7 Pis., 

 2s. 6d. 

 X. Patella, J. P. A. Davis and H. J. Fleure, 

 84 pp., 4 Pis. 

 Arenicola, -1. H. Ashworth. 

 Hue; CL.\, Laura P. Thornely. 

 Oyster, AY. A. Herdman and J. T. Jenkins. 



