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Kostanecki, K. V., anil Wierzejski, A. — " Ueber das Verhalten der sogen. 

 achrt)matischen Substanzen im befruckteten Ei. Nach Beobachtungen 

 an I'hvsa fontinalis." Arch. Mikr. Anat., xlvii., pp. 309-86, pis. xviii.- 

 XX., B'ibl. 



Lang, A. — " Text-book of Comparative Anatomy." English translation by 

 H. M. and M. Bernard. Part II., London (Macmillan, 17/-), 1896, 

 8^°' xvi. & 61S pp., 473 figs. 

 This volume, which deals with the Mollusca, Echinodermata and Entero- 

 pneusta, though in the main a translation of the third and fourth parts of Dr. 

 Lang's well-known and most excellent " Lehrbuch," is, however, an improve- 

 ment on the German work, as the Molluscan portion has been revised by Mr. 

 B. B. Woodward, and an index has been added. The book, as it stands, is 

 undoubtedly the most reliable and most up-to-date text-book of Molluscan 

 Morphology. 



*Lee, A. Bolles. — " Sur le Nebenkern et sur la Formation du Fuseau dans 

 les Spermatocysts des Hclix.'^ Cellule, xi., pp. 223-6, 257-60, 1896. 



Lenhossek, M. V. — " Histologische Untersuchungen am Sehlappen der 



Cephalopodeu." Arch. mikr. Anat., xlvii., pp. 45-120, pis. vi.-viii. 



3 figs. 

 Linden, M. Von. — " Die Entwicklung der Skulptur und der Zeichnung bei 



den Gehauseschnecken des Meeres." Zeitschr. Wiss. Z06I., Ixi., pp 



261-317, pi. xi., Bibl. 



Mazzarelli, G. — " Intorno al Rene secondario delle larve degli Opistobranchi.' 

 [Abs. of paper in Boll. Soc. Napoli, vol. ix.] Monit. Zool. Ital., vol. iii. 

 p. 86, 1896. 



Pelseneer, P. — [Rev. of Babor, J. F. : " Ueber das Centralnervensysteni 

 von Dyciscnsid polymoiflia, Pall." S. B. Bomisch Ges., xlviii., 1895.] 

 Zool. Centralbl., iii., pp. 365-6, i8g6. 



Pelseneer, P. — " Les reins, les glandes genitales et leurs conduits dans les 

 Mollusques." Zool. Anz., vol. xix., pp. 140-5. 



Pilsbry, H. A. — [Parts 39 and 63 of Tryon's " Manual of Conchology." 

 See I.A.] 

 Contain a considerable amount of information on the soft parts of Pul- 

 monates and Opisthobranchs respectively. 



*Plate, L. — " Ueber einige Organisationsverhaltnisse der Chitonen (zweite 

 vorlauf. Mittheil.), mit polemischer Schlussanmerkungeu gegen Bela 

 Haller." S. B. Ges. naturf. Berlin, 1896, pp. 42-50. 



Rohde, E. — " Ganglienzellkern und Neuroglia." Arch. mikr. Anat., vol. 

 xlvii., pp. 121-35, pi. ix. 



Ruedemann, R. — "Note on the Discovery of a Sessile Conularia — Article 

 I." Amer. Geol., xvii., pp. 158-65, pis. viii.-ix., i8g6. 



Sampson, L. V. — " The Musculature of Chiton." J. Morphol., xi., pp. 595- 

 628, pis. xxxi.-iii., Bibl., 1895. 



Simroth, H. — " Ou Ncohyalimax brasiUensIs, n. gen., u. sp. (allied to Hya- 

 limax)." Proc. Malac. Soc, vol. ii., pp. 39-45, pi. v. 



Simroth, H. — [Rev. of Pelseneer's " Prosobranches aeriens et pulmones 

 branchiferes."] Zool. Centralbl., iii., 214-7, 1896. 

 Simroth suggests that lanthina may obtain oxygen directly from the air, 

 the roof of the mantle cavity being folded. 



Simroth, H. — [Rev. of Ball's and Smith's reports on, respectively, the 

 "Albatross" and "Investigator" Mollusca.] Zool. Centralbl., iii., 

 pp. 211-3, 1896. 



Simroth, H. — " Neuere Arbeiten iiber die Amphineureu und die Phylogenie 

 der MoUuskeu." Zool. Centralbl., iii., pp. 153-63. 



