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of the left posterior one, i. e. if we adopt Wilson's orientation instead of 

 Rabl's. In the table given above it will be noticed that the mesoderm 

 cell M is placed as a member of the basal quartet of the sixth generation. 

 It should be remembered, however, that Rabl in a later paper ('80) 

 revised this earlier opinion as to the origin of the mesoderm cell, deriving 



CLEAVAGE OF PLANORBIS. 



Rabl (79). 



it this time by division from the cell M of the above table. According 

 to this the mesoderm cell in Planorbis, as in many other forms, belongs 

 to the quartet 7.2/ It seems to me that the orientation of the stages of 

 Planorbis previous to the formation of the mesoderm is still an open 

 question. As I have stated in the discussion of Limax, the orientation 



