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species with exact labels of locality mostly named. These with the very full collection received in former years from the Atago Museum, and other material derived directly or indirectly from private collectors makes the New Zealand collection of our Department extremely full and nearly exhaustive for the marine forms. Our chief deficiencies from a faunal standpoint are, and have for some years been among the African and Chinese forms, and those of southern Japan.

Among the smaller collections received which are worthy of particular remark are, a small