14 H. H. NEWMAN. 



Of the twenty-six sets of fetuses one or more individuals of 

 each of which show band anomalies, twelve came from mothers 

 that also showed either band or acute anomalies, and fourteen 

 came from mothers that showed no anomaly. Presumably the 

 anomaly has been inherited from the father in these fourteen 

 cases. 



Of the twenty-six sets showing band anomalies exactly half 

 are male and half female, which demonstrates that the characters 

 dealt with have no sex-limitation or sex-linkage. Males and 

 females inherit equally strongly from the mothers, for of the 

 twelve sets of offspring in which the mother also shows an 

 anomaly, five are of the female and seven of the male sex. In 

 the case of four sets with anomalous mothers and similarly in 

 four sets with normal mothers, I shall follow the plan of placing 

 a circular diagram and the verbal description and analyses 

 close together in the text. The remaining sets are tabulated in 

 somewhat more compact form and placed at the end of the paper. 

 Those in Table B are the eight remaining sets that have the 

 anomaly in both mother and one or more offspring; those in 

 Table C are the remaining ten sets with band anomaly in one or 

 more fetuses but with normal mothers. Each set is placed in a 

 separate block and labeled at the upper left-hand corner, with 

 the number of the set and the sex of the young, as C 29 cf . The 

 number of the band showing the anomaly is indicated in two 

 ways, as bd. I or bd. 2 placed next to or on the band, or by a 

 number placed on the band followed by a colon and the total 

 number of scutes in the band, as 7: 65, meaning band 7 having a 

 total of 65 scutes. In bands more or less broken by doubling 

 the number of scutes in each part is indicated. In the case of 

 short series of double scutes or one double scute, the number 

 placed on the element, together with the arrow, indicates the 

 numerical position of the element from either margin, or from 

 the middle, which is indicated by a dotted line. 



Set K. 87, 9 (Figs. 8 and Q). 



This set shows more certainly than any other the direct 

 inheritance of a material band anomaly by all of the offspring. 

 In the mother the anomaly consists of a unilateral local doubling 



