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during August this year and last, when it was scarcely 

 represented here. Aurelia aurita, not uncommonly in- 

 fested by the Amphipod Hyperia, was abundant within 

 the limits of the bay in July and August ; and during the 

 latter month, for the first time since I assumed the 

 curatorship, a species of Cyanea was well represented, but 

 none of the specimens seen were of large size. Pilema 

 octopus also occurred frequently, and some of the speci- 

 mens measured 12 to 15 inches across the umbrella. No 

 complete specimen of the Siphonophore Cupulita sarsii 

 came under observation, but many detached nectocalyces 

 were noticed in the tow-nettings in July and August. 

 PleurobracMa has occurred in varying numbers from May 

 (when some of its early stages were seen) onwards, but 

 very few specimens of Beroe ovata were noticed this year. 

 A single Actinotrocha larva was taken on August 12th. 

 OiJcopleura, seldom absent from the surface fauna, was 

 extraordinarily abundant on January 11th and September 

 14th. Fish eggs were abundant on the surface in April, 

 and in one tow-netting taken by Professor Herdman on 

 the 10th of that month, those of the Flounder, Turbot, 

 Witch, Ling, Haddock, Cod and Dragonet were identified 

 by Mr. A. Scott. 



" Several valuable additions to the Station Library 

 have been made during the year, the most noteworthy 

 being six volumes of Challenger Reports, presented by the 

 Lords of H.M. Treasury. 



" I have paid a good deal of attention to the orders 

 received for living and preserved specimens, and have 

 successfully supplied several workers with quantities of 

 material for their investigations. It is, however, unfor- 

 tunate that the majority of these orders are received 

 during the winter months, when low tides occur after 

 dark, and unfavourable weather makes dredging almost 



