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  Bibliographical 
  Notice. 
  

  

  refer 
  to 
  Nototherium 
  beyond 
  suggesting 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  indicate 
  

   young 
  individuals 
  or 
  a 
  small 
  species 
  of 
  Diprotodon 
  itself. 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  add 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  i 
  Catalogue 
  ' 
  I 
  provisionally 
  followed 
  

   Prof. 
  Flower 
  in 
  not 
  regarding 
  Nototherium 
  inerme 
  as 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  N. 
  Mitchelli 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  foregoing 
  considerations 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  abnormal 
  tooth 
  of 
  no. 
  33259 
  are 
  somewhat 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  

   that 
  view. 
  SStill 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  possibility 
  that 
  N. 
  inerme 
  may 
  

   indicate 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  case 
  the 
  premolars 
  

   figured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  De 
  Vis 
  in 
  the 
  plate 
  accompanying 
  his 
  paper 
  

   as 
  types 
  of 
  his 
  N. 
  dunense 
  will 
  be 
  certainly 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  

   former 
  species. 
  The 
  figured 
  upper 
  premolar 
  is 
  indeed 
  almost 
  

   identical 
  with 
  a 
  cast 
  of 
  a 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  (no. 
  M. 
  3643, 
  Cat. 
  p. 
  164). 
  

  

  Lastly, 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Owenia, 
  proposed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  De 
  Vis 
  

   for 
  a 
  small 
  form 
  apparently 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Nototherium, 
  is 
  

   preoccupied 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  times 
  over, 
  the 
  earliest 
  application 
  

   of 
  the 
  name 
  dating 
  from 
  1847. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL 
  NOTICE. 
  

  

  Bergens 
  Museums 
  Aarsberetning 
  for 
  1887. 
  8vo. 
  Bergen, 
  1888. 
  

  

  The 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  at 
  Bergen 
  for 
  1887 
  certainly 
  

   does 
  not 
  yield 
  to 
  its 
  predecessors 
  in 
  interest. 
  The 
  first 
  article, 
  

   written 
  in 
  English 
  by 
  Prof. 
  D. 
  C. 
  Danielssen, 
  is 
  particularly 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  ; 
  it 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Actinida 
  of 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  North- 
  

   Atlantic 
  Expedition," 
  and 
  reveals 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  what 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  perfectly 
  novel 
  series 
  of 
  characters 
  in 
  certain 
  forms 
  which 
  would 
  

   be 
  taken 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  PeacMa 
  and 
  Ilyanthus 
  type 
  of 
  Sea-Ane- 
  

   mones. 
  The 
  most 
  remarkable 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  these 
  creatures 
  

   consists 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  complete 
  intestinal 
  canal, 
  running 
  

   directly 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  extremity, 
  where 
  it 
  opens 
  

   outwards 
  through 
  a 
  regular 
  anal 
  pore. 
  Of 
  course 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  

   a 
  pore 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  in 
  certain 
  genera 
  of 
  Sea- 
  Anemones 
  is 
  a 
  well- 
  

   known 
  fact, 
  but 
  in 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  there 
  a 
  regularly 
  formed 
  intes- 
  

   tine, 
  and 
  the 
  peculiarity 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  is 
  further 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  

   complete 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  body-cavity 
  into 
  longitudinal 
  chambers 
  by 
  

   septa 
  joined 
  throughout 
  to 
  the 
  intestine. 
  One 
  can 
  quite 
  sympa- 
  

   thize 
  with 
  Dr. 
  Danielssen 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  dubiety 
  " 
  which 
  he 
  entertains 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  " 
  systematic 
  position 
  of 
  these 
  remarkable 
  animals,'' 
  which 
  

   are 
  not 
  Ccelenterates, 
  although 
  they 
  certainly 
  " 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  

   animal-group 
  of 
  Radiata." 
  Dr. 
  Danielssen 
  recognizes 
  two 
  genera, 
  

   which 
  he 
  somewhat 
  fancifully 
  names 
  -Mgir, 
  after 
  the 
  Scandinavian 
  

   Neptune, 
  and 
  Fenja, 
  after 
  a 
  sorceress 
  supposed 
  to 
  reside 
  at 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  and 
  to 
  occupy 
  herself 
  in 
  grinding 
  salt 
  ! 
  The 
  

  

  