The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-10

n10fpalia, kash<rsnA, soniceSla occu- il
sasf num6eFu % rocks aud plies between
sfsl<~ NudibrAncAs are abundant. IN
chasing m7nF az the more hrssixassy r1a-
aTr5csus OF over Twenty-Five en- The
collection o. nsosizxcs includes some in-
ssrs*sfag cases OF coaor varAattoa tear
aaun1 and zGsnaeaa. c0s0r series fzsEro-
rsna1 and ecsor hafmonsxzssonx. Among
the sEss are various chsscns ard Emysess
which mimic with great accuracy the
<rsseks and weeds Of their station Care
was taken 20 arnerr~Sa comulets series
Of the boring clam, Pfsoiadsdea p~nata. 10
show the gradual asrcphy Of the foot and
sancYe@cenee OF the margin OF the mantle
- fhe sdaf conditions wer. obtained.
Specimens we're also coMeefed OF fne re-
listed form. Zsrphaea ersspats, in which
the foot remains functional throughout
HE OF this form series Of natarasion
and fertilization stages IL also included
in the material Among ether moiiuscs
ispson was taken quite ahanaanslv on
It's hest gehss. whose first pair OF abb
dosnfnal appendages II causes to atropfsy.
tt is also Interesting 10 note that each
valve OF Iepson develops median fur
row In adaptation 20 the body form Of
the crfstacean. A similar adaptation was
also recorded In pIacuanomia. which
was found attached 10 a saxidomus: dur
ing growth IL had assumed accurately
she conceafysc raised lines or the valve
Of ltA host. PROFESSIONALLY the most
Important portion Of the molluscan ma
ieriai-H not. indeed. os the entire coi.ec
TOMS the resiiscosery Of entoconcha.
the remarkable parasite gasteropod. dis
covered b. Johannes Muller in Svnapsa
us2,. noted again by Bauer fIss4s. and
later briefly recorded BY Semper as oe-
curing In holosharia. The present ma
isriai was obtained by Mr Harrington
in the large aosot haria. common in Pa-
get sound, and although specimens Of
sntoconcha were not abundant, Mr.. Har-
fingson succeeded In collecting very
valuable series OF typical stages OF its
embFyos and larvae"
This preliminary pamphlet was pub
lished first on January ). fSs5. I'm the
Transactions OF the New York Academy
Of Science. 1t is ssgaed by members of
the party az follows: Bashford Dean.
Nathan r. Harrington. Gary n. Calkins.
Bradney p. Griffin
All the other pamphlets in this series
OF FIVE are FIRST published In the Transsc-
sbons Of the New York Academy of Sci
enee.
The second naner is brief one by
Bradney Il. Griffin. b. Sc. entitled.
Adaptation of the Shell OF Piacuanornla
to that OF Saxidomu-. with Remarks on
Shell Adaptation IN General"
The third pamphlet L. by n. r.. Har-
rsngton and e. II. Griffin under the ti,le
Notes Upon the Distribution and Habits
OF Some Puget Sound Invertebrates"
The fourth pamphlet II the most extern
slve OF the lot. II Is by y. r. Harrington
and Is entitled. "On Neresds Commensal
with Hermit Crabs" This work Is ac-
companied by number OF carefully pre-
pared p-ates and also by notafions from
an extensive literature. showing a great
amount OF labor in its preparation.
The fifth pamphlet 10 also quite extern
siye and accompanied by elaborate plates
II IL by Francis Ernest Lloyd who was
volunteer member of the party and at
that time the professor Of zoology in Pa
eifc university at Forest Grove Or
The subject Of this pamphset is. ION the
Mechanism, In Certain Iamsllibranch Bor-
ing Moiuscs"
/. il unnecessary 10 remark here that
these pamphlets are Very important to
the students OF natural history in this
section But these pamphlets are Just
the beginning of the publications that
viii result from the Columbia university
expeditions. They all resulted from the
first seasons work. and the same insti,u-
ton had a second expedition i'm this field
during the summer Of 1897. DR. Dean
writes that unfortunately he was not
able 70 he witt this second expedition as
he rad 10 attend a congress in Russia
He did no, know at the time Of writing
wha; plans would be matured for 1885
The materials thus far collected have
been distributed among experts a. fol-
lows. coelenirates and Bryozoa. Gerry
n. Caiklns. Nesuerteans. Bradney u.
Griffin: Eehnoderms ard Aaneliis. Prof
III. II. Johnson. Of the University OF
California; cristacea, Prof Darcy
Themuson. of Dundee university. Scot
land; Tunicates. Prof. w F. Ritter az
the University Of California. Fishes.
Tar3ston FL, Eean: Entoconcfa n r
Harffng ton: Observations on piankton of
Puget Sound, Prof. Peck, Of Williams
college. and ~. r. Harrington: Deve.o,,-
ment OF Rdelllstoma and Chimaera. Or
Bashford Dean: Development OF the Skull
Of Bdsiiostcma. Prof. Neumayer. of Mu-
Mich. Germany. Anatomy of the Brain
Of Edelsostama, Prof. r. G. Wilder. of
Cornell university. and SO on through the
entire collection of materials
.br, Dean writes that these papers are
now iii in hand and many of them are
ready for publication II liz planned IN
publish finally one or more volumes OF
these contributions. They will be among
the most inanrt ant hooks Yet iss,red or
the natural history OF the Pacific coast
OF America.