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to those collected by the steamer Albatross south of Cape Hatteras, on the eastern coast. The collections from the Pacific coast of the United States and from Alaska and other northern regions were accordingly sent to him at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, and at the close of the year, he had nearly completed his work upon them. With Mr. Lyman's assistance, it will be possible to soon place this group in as complete order as the Echini.