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in the form and relations of the gonads, in the position of 

 the reproductive aperture, and. in the possession of pig- 

 ment spots in the superficial parts of the body parenchyma. 

 It comes nearer to G. muricicola than to either G. tethy- 

 dicola, v. Graff, or G. brauni, Ferdinand Schmidt. G. 

 my tili (Levinsou) has been described in such a way that 

 its position in the genus cannot be determined until the 

 species is rediscovered. The genus Graffilla is a new 

 record for British seas." 



Mr. J. A. Clubb, M.Sc. (Vict.), and the Eev. T. S. Lea, 

 M.A., were both at work in different ways on Sea- 

 Anemones during a part of the summer. Mr. Clubb is 

 investigating the animals from an anatomical and his- 

 tological point of view, dealing with variations in the 

 mesenteries, and studying the structure of the species 

 according to the lines laid down by Prof. Haddon ; while 

 Mr. Lea is observing the habits and photographing dif- 

 ferent conditions and positions — feeding them under the 

 eye of the camera, and taking pictures of them at home 

 in their rock-pools. We shall probably have papers from 

 both these workers, giving their results, at the Biological 

 Society during the winter. 



Mr. A. Bandall Jackson, B.Sc. (Vict.), spent the Easter 

 vacation at Port Erin, and occupied the University College 

 table in the Laboratory. Besides taking part in the 

 dredging expeditions, in tow- netting on the bay, in general 

 out-door zoology, and in preparing for his Victoria Uni- 

 versity Examination — which he afterwards passed with 

 first-class Honours — Mr. Jackson commenced to collect 

 and to study the spiders of the neighbourhood. After 

 taking his degree, Mr. Jackson returned to Port Erin for 

 part of the summer vacation, and continued to collect and 

 work out the spiders. He has already identified about forty 

 species of the group, and he proposes to return to the 



