MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 125 
PUBLICATIONS. 
During the past year the following papers dealing with 
biological work in the L.M.B.C. District have been 
published :— 
1. The Twelfth Annual Report (Trans. Biol. Soc., 
vol. XIII., pp. 21—65), with illustrations, 1898. 
2. The Sea-Fisheries Laboratory Report for 1898 
(Trans. Biol. Soc., vol. XIII., pp. 69—155, and Plates I. 
and II). By W. A. Herdman, Andrew Scott and James 
Johnstone, with additional Articles by R. L. Ascroft, C. A. 
Kohn, F. W. Gamble and F.. W. Keeble, 1899. 
8. List of the Araneida of Port Erin and District. By 
A. R. Jackson (Trans. Biol. Soc., vol. XIII., pp. 66—68), 
1899. 
4. Note on Mid-Winter Surface and Deep Tow-Nettings 
in the Irish Sea. By I. C. Thompson (Trans. Biol. Soc., 
vol. XIII., pp. 156—162), 1899. 
5. Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Memoir, No. I. Oysters 
- and Disease. By W.A. Herdman and R. Boyce; pp. 60, 
and eight Plates; quarto. G. Philip and Sons, London 
and Liverpool, 1899. : } 
peeves ©. Memos, No. I. -Ascidia. By W. A. 
Herdman; pp. vill. and 60, and five Plates; octavo. Dobb 
and Co., Liverpool, 1899. 
This last item brings us to the consideration of our last 
new series of publications :— 
THe L.M.B.C. MeEmorrs. 
It will be remembered that in last year’s Report I pro- 
posed a scheme for the issue of a series of special 
Memoirs upon typical British marine plants and animals. 
In our twelve years experience of a Biological Station 
(five years at Puffin Island and seven at Port Erin), where 
