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the bottom. In this manner, very many species were obtained which had not previously been known from this side of the Atlantic, including several very large species, one of which exceeds in size any known species of the higher Copepod so far recorded. It may be needless to state that our collection of Copepods is now one of the finest in the world. It fills 500 homoepathic [[homeopathic]] vials and two hundred bottles. 

Gloucester Donations. - Although Gloucester, Mass., has ceased to be an active station of the United States Fish Commission, during the past year, still occasional valuable specimens have been received from there. In June, 1881, the balance of the great mass of material