218 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 

SEA-CRAWFISH AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS, 
MEDUS# AND CORALLINE ANIMALS. 
sented in an orange grove; the child lying on the sand and playing, 
the man in his prime gathering the ripe fruit and the old man bending 
over his spade. The ornamental panels between the frescoes and the 
frieze, as well as impressive busts of Darwin and Von Baer, are by 
Hildebrand. 
Three very important publications are issued by the zoological sta- 
tion under the able editorship of Professors Dr. P. Mayer and Dr. 
Giesbrecht. The Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel consists of a 
series of more than thirty splendid monographs upon the animals and 
plants of the bay. Following the ideal sketched by Dohrn in 1880 as a 
foreword to the first volume, each monograph embodies the anatomy, 
histology, embryology and physiology, as well as the taxonomy, of the 
animals or plants of the group treated. Beginning with Chun’s great 
work on the ctenophores, these monographs are models of a systematic 
zoology and botany based upon the whole range of biological science. 
They are beautifully illustrated by the authors themselves, often assisted 
by the talented artists of the station, Merculiano, Serino and Manzoni. 
The Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, now in its 
nineteenth yolume, is a journal for the publication of shorter papers 
and contains the earlier annual reports of the director. The annual 
Jahresberichte contain admirable analyses of all the zoological literature 
of the year. While these publications contain many most important 
contributions, yet far beyond the limits of the station, almost every 
biological journal receives papers based upon investigations carried on, 
in whole or in part, in Naples, or upon material furnished by the 
institution. | 
For the purpose of meeting current expenses, in addition to th 
receipts from visitors to the aquarium, Dohrn conceived and developed 
the “table” plan by means of which various governments, universities 
