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resembling C. cellulosw is the intermediate stage 

 of a dog tapeworm; consequently very definite 

 and detailed evidence must be produced before 

 any case of cysticercus in sheep can be accepted 

 as a case of C. cellulosw. Similarly, more definite 

 evidence than has been furnished in the various 

 reported cases of muscle cysticerci in deer will be 

 required before any such can be accepted as a 

 case of C. cellulosw. Though it is perhaps not 

 surprising that the muscle cysticerci of sheep 

 should have been accepted as C. cellulosce in view 

 of the fact that sheep commonly live in rather 

 close relationship with human beings, it does seem, 

 on the other hand, surprising that the reports of 

 cases of C. cellulosw in deer should not have been 

 questioned heretofore. Furthermore, it would 

 seem, in view of the fact that it has long since 

 been shown (Moniez, 1879) that the cysticerci in 

 reindeer somewhat resembling C. cellulosw are the 

 larvas of a dog tapeworm, that observers of cys- 

 ticerci in other deer would have hesitated to iden- 

 tify them as C. cellulosw, yet no one appears to 

 have doubted the correctness of such an identifica- 

 tion. Even in certain cases in which it was 

 noticed that the hooks did not correspond per- 

 fectly to those of C. cellulosw the observer never- 

 theless concluded that the parasites were actually 

 G. cellulosw. The history of C. celhilosw empha- 

 sizes the necessity of guarding against the indis- 

 criminate acceptance of host records. As a gen- 

 eral rule records of the same species of larval 

 tapeworm from a variety of hosts should be con- 

 sidered of doubtful correctness unless supported 

 by feeding experiments or other conclusive evi- 



^^^'^^- Maurice C. Hall, 



Secretary 



THE ANTHEOPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OP "WASHINGTON 



A SPECIAL meeting of the society was held at 

 4:30 P.M. on March 25, 1913, in room 43 of the 

 new building of the National Museum, the presi- 

 dent, Mr. Stetson, in the chair. 



Dr. George Grant MacCurdy read a comprehen- 

 sive paper on ' ' Ancient Man, His Environment 

 and Art. ' ' 



This paper dealt with the environmental factor 

 in human development; the newly discovered hu- 

 man remains from Piltdown, Sussex, and their 

 significance; recent finds in the terraces of the 

 Somme Valley; San Isidro, near Madrid; Tor- 

 ralba, a large camp site in the province of Soria, 

 Spain, where a rude stone industry associated with 

 an ancient fauna has been found; eaves on the 



Island of Jersey occupied by Mousterian man; 

 typical caves and rock shelters of southern France: 

 La Quina, La Ferrassie, Placar'd; the art of the 

 cave man in France and Spain : Altamira, Castillo, 

 La Pasiega, Covalanas, Pindal, Font-de-Gaume, 

 Gap Blanc, Niaux, Gorgas, Laussel, Alpera, Cogul; 

 representations of the human form; La Combe, a 

 cave in the Dordogne excavated last summer by 

 Professor MacCurdy; Tuc d'Audoubert, a Pyr- 

 enean paleolithic cavern of great beauty discov- 

 ered last July; its parietal art and the unique 

 figures of the bison modeled in clay; paleolithic 

 art in its relation to magic; some of the causes 

 which led to its development and eventually to 

 its decay. 



The lecture is based largely on first-hand ob- 

 servations by the lecturer during the past summer. 

 The lantern slides reproduce faithfully in color 

 the remarkable paleolithic cavern frescoes. The 

 epochs covered by the lecture beginning with the 

 oldest are: Eolithic or pre-Chellean, Chellean, 

 Acheulian, Mousterian, Aurignacian, Solutrean, 

 Magdalenian and Azilian. These are all pre- 

 Neolithic. 



Several questions were asked and answered. 

 W. H. Babcock 



THE CLEMSON COLLEGE SCIENCE CLUB 



The regular monthly meeting of the club was 

 held on Wednesday evening, January 15. The 

 first paper was by Dr. R. N. Brackett, head of 

 the department of chemistry, entitled ' ' The His- 

 tory of the Clemson College Science Club." 

 There was a great deal in this that was very inter- 

 esting, as Dr. Brackett presented same in a very 

 entertaining manner and pointed out that the club 

 had entertained and had before it some distin- 

 guished men in its history. 



The next paper of the evening was by Professor 

 J. N. Harper, director of the agricultural depart- 

 ment and of the South Carolina Experiment Sta- 

 tion, on the ' ' Mendelian Law. ' ' This was treated 

 from the standpoint of his own experiments and 

 observations on this law. He very lucidly gave 

 the history of Mendel and the explanation offered 

 by him for the operation of his law. It is of 

 decided interest also that Professor Harper has 

 done original work along this line and has evolved 

 an explanation for the working of the law that 

 has invariably been borne out in his observations 

 and experiments. 



F. R. Sweeny, 



Secretary 



