RECENT ADVANCES IN SCIENCE 237 



(ibid. May 191 7) ; " Notes on Collembola — Part IV. The Classi- 

 fication of the Collembola ; with a List of Genera known to 

 occur in the British Isles," by Shoebotham (ibid. June 19 17); 



" New Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera," by Swinhoe 

 (ibid. April and May 191 7) ; " Descriptions of New Pyralidae 

 of the Subfamilies Hydrocampince , Scopariance, etc.," by Hamp- 

 son (ibid. May and June 191 7) ; " On New Weevils of the 

 Genus Mecysmoderes from India," by Marshall (ibid. May 191 7) ; 

 "The Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma khapra sp.n.), an Indian 

 Grain-Pest," by Arrow (ibid. June 191 7) ; 



" Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera — XXVII. On New Species 

 in the British Museum " (ibid. April 191 7), " Notes on Fossorial 

 Hymenoptera — XXVIII. On new Ethiopian Species of Bembex 

 in the British Museum" (ibid. June 191 7), both by Turner; 

 "Descriptions and Recordsof Bees — LXXV.," by Cocker e\\(ibid. 

 June 191 7) ; " On Fabricius' Types of Odonata in the British 

 Museum (Natural History)," by Campion (ibid. June 191 7). 



Vertebrata. — The papers include : "A Revision of the 

 Clupeoid Fishes of the Genera Promolobus, Brevoortia, and 

 Dorosoma and their Allies" (ibid. April 191 7) ; " A Revision 

 of the Clupeid Fishes of the Genera Sardinella, Harengula, 

 etc." (ibid. May 191 7), both by Regan ; " Description of a new 

 Lizard and two new Frogs discovered in West Africa by Dr. 

 H. G. F. Spurrell," by Boulenger (ibid. May 191 7) ; 



" Further Studies in the Peritoneum and Intestinal Tract 

 in Monotremes and Marsupials," by Mackenzie (Jour, of Anat. 

 vol. li. April 191 7), is a continuation of the author's previous 

 studies on the same subject (ibid. vol. li. pt. i). It is claimed 

 that the diversity met with in these two groups throws light 

 on the significance of certain of the bands in the human 

 intestine, the Duodenal (right lateral) fold, the left lateral 

 (Lienomesocolic) fold, and the mesial fold. 



A very extensive literature has grow up on the subject 

 of the Pituitary Body particularly in the mammals, but in spite 

 of it all practically nothing was known about the lower 

 mammals. In " The Development of the Hypophysis Cerebri, 

 Pre-oral Gut and Related Structures in the Marsupialia " 

 (Jour, of Anat. vol. li. April 191 7), Parker gives a very 

 careful and detailed account of these structures in various 

 marsupials, particularly in Bettongia, Macropus, Dasyurus, 

 Perameles, Trichosurus, and Phascolaretos. Although in the 



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