Zoology. 933 
twenty-four rods exhibit the most distinct transverse division long 
before the germinal vesicle begins to be converted into the 
spindle. 
After considering several cases in different forms the author 
expresses his belief that they form parts of a series in the degenera- 
tion of the process of nuclear and cellular division. In the case of 
Corydalis cava, described by Strasburger, the process is least rudi- 
former. 
Nervous SYSTEM OF THE Srarrisn.—Dr. Carl F. Jickeli 
