135 



Kraatz, G., Vher rrocrusiicî/s rai/o/a White, in: Deutsch. Entomol. Zeitschr. 

 31. Jahrg. (1887.) l.Hft. p. 145. 



(y. etiam Sjihodristus, L. Ganglbuu cr.) 

 Schaufufs, L. W., Beschreibung neuer Pselaphklen aus der Sammlung des 

 Museum Ludwig Salvator. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Brasiliens, der Kgl. 

 Niederländischen Besitzungen in Indien und Neuhollands, in : Tijdschr. 

 V. Entom. Nederl. Entom. Vereen. 29. D. 4. Afl. p. 241—296. 

 (49 n. sp. ; n. g. Abascantus, IIarnioi)horus, Upoluna, Zosimus.) 



(Fortsetz.) Mit 3 Taf. ibid. 30. D. 2./3. Afl. p. 91 — 165. 



(ü7 n. sp. ; n. g. Cylindrarctus, Cyiiiidrcmholus, Humoiulus, Bijthinumorpha, 

 Bythinogaster, Neodeuterus, Phthartomicrus, 3IecJiaincus.) 



II. Wissenscliaftliclic Mittheilmigeii. 



1. Mr. Cunningham on „the cardiac body'^ 



By R. n or s t of Leyden. 



eingeg. 11. Februar 1888. 



In the Quart. Journ. of Microsc. Science of November 1887 Mr. 

 Cunningham published a valuable paper »On some points in the 

 anatomy of Polychaefaa. In this paper one chapter deals with the 

 curious body, found in the heart of several Annelids, which was called 

 by Mr. Salensky «Corps cardiaque«. The author prefaces his own 

 observations with an account of my views in regard to the same struc- 

 ture in the family of Chloraemidae, based upon an investigation of the 

 anatomy of the genus Bradai 



Though I am very glad to see that Mr. Cunningham finds »my 

 statements for the most part correct«, I cannot fail to protest against 

 some critical remarks, contained in his paper, which show a deplorable 

 want of appreciation of the researches of other investigators. 



After having said: »Dr. Horst found that in Brada, as in Ser- 

 pulidae and Ammocharidae, there is a blood sinus round the intestine, 

 and the heart is continuous Avith this sinus etc.«. Mr. Cunningham 

 makes the following observation : »It is to be remarked that this is a 

 confirmation of the account given by Quatrefages in Hist, des 

 Annelés, I, 1865, p. 54«. Undoubtedly every Zoologist reading this will 

 make the conclusion, that Quatrefages studied the anatomy oi Brada 

 twenty years before me, and that I only confirmed the results of his 

 investigations. However this is by no means the case. The place of 

 Quatrefages' work, quoted by Mr. Cunningham, relates to the 

 vascular system of a somewhat problematical Annelid, Chloraema Du- 

 Jardinii\ without summing up all the points of difference between the 



1 Zool. Anz. VIII. Jahrg. 1885. p. 12. 



