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trematode was Monostomum from Balenoptera muscularis. In B. sibbaldti a 
cestode and an echinorhynch were found, in Physeter nematodes and echino- 
rhynchs, and in Megaptera a large echinorhynch. 
In the whalebone whales we discovered a peculiar dendritic tubular process 
projecting into the vena cava at the level of the kidneys. It appears to be the 
blind termination of a series of branching tubes ramifying in the kidney, and is 
nearly always stuffed with mineral matter in small irregular masses. 
Although not as yet fully assured on the point, we are inclined to think that 
Burfield’s ‘ Problematical Organ’ will prove to be the external aperture of a mass 
of gland-like tissue situated between the mandibles at the symphysis. 
Experiments in Inheritance.—Sixth Report of the Committee, 
consisting of Professor W. A. HERDMAN (Chairman), Mr. R. 
Dovuauas Laurige (Secretary), Professor R. C. PUNNETT, and 
Dr. H. W. Marert Tims. 
Tue final report is unavoidably held over, and pending its presentation 
to the Association next year the Committee ask to be reappointed 
without a grant. 
Marine Laboratory, Plymouth.—Report of the Committee, con- 
sisting of Professor A. DENDyY (Chairman and Secretary), 
Sir E. Ray LANKESTER, Professor SyDNEY H. VINES, and 
Mr. E. S. GoopricH, appointed to nominate competent 
Naturalists to perform definite pieces of work at the Marine 
Laboratory, Plymouth. 
Durine the past year the use of the table has been granted to Professor 
J. Playfair McMurrich, of the University of Toronto, for one week, in 
order to enable him to procure specimens of the various Sagartiide that 
are to be found in the neighbourhood ; also to Mr. W. O. Redman King, 
B.A., of the University of Leeds, for a fortnight, to enable him to 
investigate the temperature coefficient of the developing egg and the 
enzymes in the ova and spermatozoa of echinoderms. 
Natural History, &c., of the Isle of Wight.—Report of the Com- 
mittee, consisting of Mr. CLEMENT Rep (Chairman), Pro- 
fessor J. L. Myres (Secretary), Mr. O. G. 5. CRAWFORD, 
Mr. W. Dats, Professor E. B. Pounton, and Dr. A. B. 
RENDLE, appointed to co-operate with local bodies in acquiring 
and arranging collections to illustrate the Natural History, 
Geography, and Antiquities of the Isle of Wight. 
In 1912 arrangements were made for transferring further archeological 
collections to Carisbrooke Castle, and half the grant was devoted to 
this purpose. There was, however, no room available in the Castle 
for anything but the archeological collections; and a recent visit by 
the Chairman of your Committee shows also that this old castle is 
scarcely suitable for the purpose. 
