LITERARY NOTICES. 



MORPHOLOGY. 

 Cranial Nerves of Chimaera.' 



This research forms a welcome and valuable addition to our pres- 

 ent knowledge of the cranial nerves of this important form. Its appear- 

 ance, together with the author's previous communication in the Ana- 

 tomischer Anzeiger (Bd. XII, p. 172, 1896), is also timely inasmuchas 

 it will probably prevent additional confusion on the subject of the cra- 

 nial nerves of fishes which might otherwise arise from CoUinge's work 

 on the same subject. Owing to the nature of the material the research 

 was made entirely by means of dissection. 



After a good historical review of the literature on the nervous sys- 

 tem of Chiniiera, the author passes to a consideration of the classifica- 

 tion of sensory canals which contains an interesting discussion, referred 

 to more in detail below, of the independent character of the nerves 

 innervating the sensory canals. Cole classifies the canals in accordance 

 with their innervation into (i) superficial ophthalmic, (2) buccal, (3) 

 hyomandibular, and (4) lateralis. 



The accompanying figure indicates these different canals by differ- 

 ences in shading, the different parts according to Garman's nomen- 

 clature being indicated by letters. 



1 On the Cranial Nerves of Chimsera monstrosa (Linn.), with a Discussion 

 of the Lateral Line System and of the Morphology of the Chorda Tympani, by 

 Frank J. Cole. Trans, of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. XXXVIII, 

 Part in, (No. 19), 



