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January 191 6) ; " On the Generic Names of certain Old-world 

 Monkeys," and " Notes on Argentine, Patagonian, and Cape 

 Horn Muridse " (No. 98, February 1916); and " A new Bin- 

 turong from Siam," " A new Genus for Sciurus pcensis and its 

 Allies," and " Notes on Bats of the Genus Histiotus " (No. 99, 

 March 191 6). In the same publication are two communications 

 by Pocock, " A new Genus of African Mongooses, with a note 

 on Galeriscus " (No. 98, February 191 6), and " On the Course 

 of the Internal Carotid Artery and the Foramina connected 

 therewith in the Skulls of the Felidse and Viverridae " (No. 99, 

 March 191 6). In " The Genitalia of Galeopithecus " {Jour. 

 Anat. and Physiol, vol. 1. January 1 916) Jones gives a description 

 of the genital organs of this form together with their probable 

 derivation, and concludes that they show relationship with the 

 Chiroptera. Dollman continues his previous notes " On the 

 African Shrews belonging to the Genus Crocidura " (Ann. and 

 Mag. No. 98, February 191 6). Wodsedalek concludes that 

 there has been no authentic case of fertility in mules in a 

 paper on the " Causes of Sterility in the Mule " (Biol. Bull. 

 Woods Hole, vol. xxx. January 191 6), and gives an interesting 

 account of the spermatogenesis. " Further Observations on 

 the Intestinal Tract of Mammals " are made by Mitchell (Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. February 191 6). 



General. — The late Prof. Minchin's address to the Zoological 

 Section of the British Association on " The Evolution of the 

 Cell " has been reprinted in two parts : Part 1 , Amer. Nat. vol. 1. 

 January 191 6, and part 2, ibid. February 191 6. The same 

 journal also contains a paper by Stockard and Papanicolaou 

 entitled " A Further Analysis of the Hereditary Transmission 

 of Degeneracy and Deformities by the Descendants of Alcohol- 

 ised Mammals." The experiments are stated to show the 

 hereditary transmission through several generations of con- 

 ditions resulting from an artificially induced change in the 

 germ cells of one generation. Experiments on " The Control 

 of Sex by Food in Five Species of Rotifers," by Whitney 

 (Jour. Exper. Zool. vol. xx. February 1916), yielded essentially 

 similar results in all species. Poor feeding brings about the 

 production of all or a large proportion of female-producing 

 daughters, whereas an optimum food causes male-producing 

 daughters to appear. 



