630 The American Naturalist. [July, 
room should a place be vacant. It seems, in fact, to be a point 
of pride with Professor Lacaze that the stranger shall be wel- 
comed to Roscoff, and upon entering the laboratory for the 
first time, feel as much at home asif he had been there a week. 
He finds his table in order, his microscope awaiting him, and 
the material for which he had written displayed in stately 
array in the glass jars and dishes of his work place. So, too, 
e may have been assigned one of the large aquaria in the 
glass aquarium room—massive stone-base stands, aérated by a 
constant jet of sea water. 
He finds a surprising wealth of material at Roscoff, and his 
wants are plentifully and promptly supplied. 
FRENCH MARINE STATION AT BANYULS-SUR-MER. 
(Oct., 1891.) 
At Banyuls, the second station of the Sorbonne, the build- 
Ings are less imposing than those of Roscoff. It is a plain, three 
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