1889.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 441 
and coelenterates, collected on the Californian coast of the United 
States. A large number of coelenterates, principally coralline forms 
and sponges, anthropods, echinoderms and a few worms and ascidians 
—collected by the expedition to the Bermudas conducted by Prof. 
A. Heilprin, have been presented. Many new species have been 
found in this collection and described. Prof. H. C. Chapman has 
also added to the collection, w T orms, crustaceans and coelenterates, 
collected on the coast of Maine. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Benjamin Sharp, 
Professor of Invertebrate Zoology. 
