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deep sea exploration and general zoology.

Mr. Pearce has catalogued all the electrotype cuts of marine invertebrates lately received from Matthews, Northrup & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., pasting proofs of the same in the record scrapbook. These cuts bear the engraver's Nos. 1133 to 1399 inclusive, and Cat. Nos. 1621 to 1887 inclusive. Mr. Pearce has also assisted in the sorting of specimens, but much of his time has been devoted to miscellaneous office work.

As heretofore, my time has been largely given to the miscellaneous assorting of specimens, to caring for the collections and to superintending the work of Messrs. Hawley, Blish, and Pearce. Nearly all the invertebrate material has now been sorted, and in March, we expect to begin the work of identifying the species, arranging the collections systematically, cataloguing such species as have not been already catalogued, and preparing in full the card or systematic catalogue.

During this month I have perfected simple arrangements for photographing transparent microscopic preparations of marine invertebrates, and have made about 40 negatives, representing about 8 species of marine copepods, both entire specimens and dissections prepared by myself for the Museum. I have also taken proofs of 20 of these negatives. Several preparations of parasitic Copepods from East Coast fishes have been made, and drawings representing two of the common species of Lernaea and Renella have been executed by Mr. Todd.

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