The rapid increase in the Collections of the Australian Museum, 
and the gradual acquisition of extensive series of new, or 
little known forms from Australia, New Guinea, and the 
Pacific Islands, have forcibly brought under the notice of the 
Trustees the necessity of officially publishing the investigations 
of their Scientific Staff. Hitherto this has been accomplished 
to a considerable extent through the medium of the local Scientific 
Societies, but the Trustees now propose to publish under the title 
of the RECORDS OF TIIE AUSTRALIAN' MUSEUM, an 
occasional periodical, to contain the Results of Original Researches 
by the Staff, Reports of Collecting Expeditions, and other matter 
relating to the work of the Museum. 
E. P. RAMSAY, Curator. 
