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and it would seem to me impossible for it to be the homologue 

 of any part of that nerve. 



Stannius describes, in certain fishes, a ramus lateralis nervi 

 trigemini which is apparently the nervus Weberi of other authors. 

 He also describes a " Riickenkantenast von R. lateralis N. vagi" 

 often found in place of the lateralis trigemini.. He could not 

 find any indications of either nerve in Scomber. 

 Palais Carnoles, Menton, 

 July 2, 1899. 



