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in systematic zoology. It is expected, moreover, that these collections will be turned over to the museum from time to time, as the work on the different groups is completed.

The total number of accessions recorded is thirteen, none of which were of large size. Lieut. J. F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding the Coast Survey steamer Bache, has contributed a small assortment of miscellaneous specimens dredged off Cape Sable, Fla., during the winter of 1887-'88. Mr. Henry Hemphill has sent in a number of specimens of crustaceans and