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(2) Atjdouin ct Milne-Edwards. Classification des Annelide?, 



etc. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxx. pp. 411-414, pi. xxii. 1833. 

 The authors show that Peripatus must be placed among the 

 "Annelides Errantes." The specimens described were obtained 

 from the River Appronague, in Cayenne. 



(3) Gervais, p. Etudes pour servir a I'histoire naturelle des 



Myriapodes. Ann. Sc. Nat. (2) vii. pp. 35-60. 1837. 

 The author believes Peripatus to be a transitional form between 

 the Mjriapods and Chsetopods ; he also quotes a MS. description 

 by Blainville of a second species (P. brevis) from the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



(4) WiEGMANN, A. F. A. Einige Bemerkungen iiber Guilding's 



Peiipatws. Arch. f. Nat. (Wiegmann), iii. pp. 195-200. 

 1837. 

 Description of certain specimens of Peripatus from the Lake of 

 Valencia, in Venezuela. 



(5) MoRiTZ, C. Noch einige Worte iiber PmjofliM«, Guild. Arch. 



f. Nat. (Wiegmann), v. pp. 175-1 70. 1839. 

 Remarks on the habits and life-conditions of specimens of Peri- 

 patus found in St. Thomas. 



(6) De Blainville. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Sup- 



plement, tom. i. p. 237. Paris, 1840. 

 In his article " Animal " de Blainville institutes a special division, 

 " Les 3JaIacopodes" of his Type ii. "Entomozoaires," for the genus 

 Peripatus. 



(7) Milne-Edwards, H. Note sur le Peripate juliforme. Ann. 



Sc. Nat. (2) xviii. pp. 126-128. 1842. 

 The author reiterates his opinion of the Annelidaa nature of 

 Peripatus, 



(8) Blanchard, E. Recherches sur Torganisation des Vers. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. (3) viii. pp. 119-149. 1847. 

 On pp. 137—141 is given the history of the four species known at 

 that time — P. juli/ormis, edwardsi, blainvillii, and brevis. The 

 form is considered by the author to be related to Annelids. 



(9) Qviatrefages, A. DE. Memoire sur la famille des IlermeUiens. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. (3) x. pp. 5-58. 1848. 

 Quatrefages (p. 5G) considers Peripatus to be a worm of aberrant 

 form, dittinctly related to this group (e. g. Hermellea). 



(10) Milne-Edwards, Quatrefages, et Blanchard. Recher- 

 ches anatomiques et zoologiques fait pendant un voyage sur la 

 cote de Sicile, part iii. p. 61, pi. i. fig. 2. Paris, 1849. 



Blanchard forms a new species (P. edwardsi) for the reception 

 of Milne-Edwards's form from Cayenne ; he also mentions Gay's 

 species, P. blainvillii, afterwards described (12). and gives some 

 account of its anatomy. 



