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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



ZOOLOGY 



DIE TIERWELT DER NORD- UND OST- 

 SEE. Lieferungen VI, VII, VIII, IX. 

 Edited by G. Grimpe and E. Wagler. 



Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H. 



Leipzig 

 Lieferung VI, M. 16.80 



6 x 8|; ziz (paper) 

 Lieferung VII, M. 10.80 



6 x 8|; 136 (paper) 

 Lieferung VIII, M. 14.60 



6 x 8$; 186 (paper) 

 Lieferung IX, M. 13.60 



6x8|; 146 (paper) 

 These four parts maintain well the stand- 

 ard set in earlier numbers of this collec- 

 tive work on the fauna of the North and 

 Baltic Seas, which have already been 

 noticed in The Quarterly Review of Bi- 

 ology as they appeared. The groups dis- 

 cussed in these numbers are as follows: 

 Epicaridea, by F. Nierstrasz and G. A. 

 Brender a Brandis; Stomatopoda and De- 

 capoda, by H. Balss; Gadiformes and Cy do- 

 st omi, by W. Schnakenbeck; Ctenophora, 

 by T. Krumbach; Leptostraca, by J. Thiele; 

 Elasmobranchii and Chondrostei, by E. Eh- 

 renbaum; Tintinnidae, by E. Jorgensen; 

 non-parasitic Copepoda, by O. Pesta; Cir- 

 ripedia, by P. Kriiger; Branchiostoma, by 

 V. Franz; Oligochaeta, by W. Michaelsen ; 

 Thaliacea, by J. E. W. Ihle; Tekostei 

 Fbysostomi, by H. M. Kyle and E. Ehren- 

 baum. 



LTNFECTION MICROBIENNE ET 

 L'IMMUNITE CHEZ LA MITE DES 

 ABEILLES, G alter ia mellonella. 

 By S. IS/let alnikov . Masson et Cie 



18 francs 6| x 10; 139 (paper) Paris 

 This is an extremely interesting mono- 

 graph on the wax moth (Galleria), which 

 seems likely to become a useful laboratory 



animal. Perhaps the most interesting 

 biological peculiarity of this odd animal is 

 its ability to digest beeswax, and utilize 

 it as its chief source of nourishment. 

 The principal object of the monograph is 

 the study of immunity in Galleria. Ac- 

 quired immunity is easily obtained, and 

 is stated to be transmissible to succeeding 

 generations. As might be expected Gal- 

 leria is able to digest easily the waxy en- 

 velope of the tubercle bacillus. This fact 

 opens up some interesting possibilities of 

 research. Biologists will want to read 

 this monograph, even though they are not 

 primarily interested in the special problems 

 of immunity. 



REPORT ON CETACEA STRANDED ON 



THE BRITISH COASTS FROM 1913 TO ; 



19x6. 



By Sir S. F. Harmer. 



British Museum (Natural History) 

 7s. 6d. London 



9! x izj 91 + 7 maps (paper) 



This is the author's tenth, and last, re- 

 port in an interesting series, which has 

 contributed much to knowledge of the j 

 Cetacea. While primarily having to do 

 with stranded whales this present report 

 amounts to a general discussion of the I 

 biology of Cetacea. For the specialist the 

 principal result is "the record of the sea- 

 sonal and local occurrences of the several 

 species, each of which has definite partiali- 

 ties as to time and place. Stranded speci- 

 mens cannot indeed be expected to give 

 full information on these subjects, but I 

 it is found that each year examined gives 

 on the whole the same results as its prede- 

 cessors, and the evidence thus obtained 

 need not be ignored." 



The report is rather fully illustrated, 

 and contains a key for the determination 

 of British whales and dolphins and a short 

 bibliography. 



