CONTENTS. 



PART I.-INVERTEBRATE ANIMATE. 

 GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 



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Definition of Biology and Zoology Differences between organised 

 and unorganised bodies Nature of life Vital force Differ- 

 ences between animals and plants Morphology and physiology 

 Differences between different animals Specialisation of func- 

 tionsMorphological type Von Baer's law of development 

 Homology, analogy, and homomorphism Correlation of growth 

 Classification Definition of species Impossibility of a linear 

 classification Reproduction Sexual reproduction Non-sexual 

 reproduction Gemmation and fission Reproduction by internal 

 gemmation Alternation of generations Parthenogensis De- 

 velopment, transformation, and metamorphosis Spontaneous 

 generation Origin of species Distribution, geographical and 

 geological, . ' . 1-47 



CHAPTER I. 



General characters of the Protozoa Classification of the Protozoa 



Gregarinidse Psorospermiae, ... ... 48-52 



CHAPTER II. 



General characters of the Rhizopoda Monera Amcebea, . . 53'58 



CHAPTER III. 



Foraminifera Classification of the Foraminifera Bathybius Cocco- 

 liths, Coccospheres Affinities of the Foraminifera Distribution 

 of Foraminifera in space Distribution of Foraminifera in Time, 58-66 



CHAPTER IV. 



Radiolaria Acanthometrse Polycystina Thalassicollida, . . 67-69 



CHAPTER V. 



Sponges Nature of Sponges Classification of Spongida Distribu- 

 tion of Sponges in space and in time Affinities of Sponges, 69-76 



