INEZ WHIFFLE WILDER AND ELIZABETH BARRETT PEABODY. 



In the light of a recent article by Jordan ('22), it may be well 

 to define our use of the term, hermaphroditism. According to 

 Jordan, true anatomic hermaphroditism occurs " where ovary and 

 testis are present in the same individual." Jordan regards the 

 presence of an ovo-testis as a modification of true hermaphrodit- 

 ism, a condition which he designates as a type of false hermaphro- 



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FIG. i. Camera lucida drawings of the ventral view of the gonads of (A) 

 an adult male; (B) an adult hermaphrodite; and (C) an adult female (X 9). 

 Fa, fat bodies; m, Miillerian duct; ms, mesonephros ; o, ova (primary oocytes). 

 tl, testicular lobules ; tp, testicular pigmentation (the two latter present but 

 not shown in (A}) ; w, Wolffian duct. The line 1-2 shows the level of the 

 section drawn in Fig. 4. 



ditism. Were this distinction to be accepted, the term, true 

 hermaphroditism, could be used only when referring to such a 

 case as that of La Valette St. George's in Triton taniatus. There 

 seems to be no justification, however, for this distinction of 

 Jordan's, inasmuch as a distinct testis and ovary is but a further 

 step in the separation of the male and female elements which, in 

 some individuals, are still intermingled to a greater or less extent 

 in the ovo-testis. An examination of the adult ovo-testis shown in 



