718 
General Notes. 
[July, 
his observations the author is led to infer that rotifers will live 
and multiply on a very scanty supply of organic matter, provided 
only that the water is fairly well oxygenated. Attention is also 
called to the greatly diminished or no longer developed eye, due 
no doubt, to the withdrawal of the stimulus of light, the rotifers 
being nearly always kept in the dark.— Journal of the Microscopi- 
cal Soctety, February, 1885. 
sin THE MoxrHotocy OF THE CARPUS AND TARSUS OF VERTE- 
—As a result of embryological and literary studies I reach 
d following seed nad table for the carpus and tarsus: 
URODE 
(Menopoma, Cryptobranchas, 
PAIA Salamandrella, Ranodon PARIA 
Axolotl). 
Carpus. ae Tarsus. Tarsus. 
Scaphoideum Radiale Tibiale Sesamoid articulating with 
naviculare and astragalus.! 
Lunatum ertesi Centrale 1? Centrale 1° Distal part of astragalus. 
ur) 
Ps (ulnare|Intermedium |Intermedium Proximal part of astragalus 
) (os — Bardeleben).* 
weit niét ' Fibulare Calcan 
Centrale (Rosen- Centrale 11 Centrale II N avicalase: 
berg)® 
Carpale of the rudi-jCarpale 1 Tarsale 1 Tarsale of the rudimentary 
m ial tibial digit.8 
digit? 
Taren (carp. 1/Carpale 1 Tarsale 11 Patios I (tarsale 1 Ge- 
genb 
kai ope ome (carp.|Carpale 111 Tarsale 111 Canetforme i (tarsale II 
Magnum an 111|Carpale Iv Tarsale 1v Cunetforme ur (tarsale 11 
Ge 
Ses dean se Iv|Carpale v? Tarsale v Caloris ‘(tarsale Iv and V 
and v Gegenb : Gegen 
Metacarpale of rudi- Metacarpaler |Metatarsaler |Metatarsale of the rudimen- 
mentary radial tary tibial digit." 
digit’ 
Metacarpale I auto-|Metacarpale 11 |Metatarsale 1. |Metatarsale 1 autorum. 
rum 
gored zat It au-|Metacarpale 111 |Metatarsale 11 |Metatarsale 1r “ 
m 
Metacarpale 111 au-|Metacarpale 1v |Metatarsale 1v |Metatarsale m1 « 
Metacarpale 1v au-|Metacarpale v!?|Metatarsale v |Metatarsale1v “ 
Metacarpale v auto-|Metacarpale vi | Metatarsale vi" |Metatarsalev « 
rum 
roai , On the rba me ad of the tarsus in the mammals. AMER. NATURAL- 
IST, F pp. 87-88. 
MAr -, Gur Morp əlogie des Tarsus der M ahrb., Bd. 10, 
Heft 3, 1884, pp. 458-461. Sy aa Hig 
Albrecht, G., Sur les homodynamies q A pipire entre la main et le pied des 
 mammifè j dicale belge, sete A ur octobre, I » Pp. 10. 
_ Bardeleben, R., Zur Entwicklung Fossat, te ‘Jenaische 
