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POPULAR SCIENCE REYIEW. 
ingestive aperture. The case of compound organisms in which new gastrulse 
are produced by germination is of course not a real exception to this rule. 
In some Monostomata the primitive aperture becomes the permanent mouth 
of the animal (Archsestomata). This division includes two groups, the 
members of each of which are very closely allied: — 1. The Coelenterata. 
2. The Scolecimorpha. Under the latter head are included the Turbellaria, 
the Nematoidea, the Trematoda, the Hirudinea, the Oligocheeta, and probably 
the Rotifera and Gephyrea. In all the other Monostomata the primitive 
opening of the gastrula, whatever its fate, does not become the mouth, 
but the latter is produced by a secondary perforation of the body wall. In 
these Deuterostomata there is a perivisceral cavity distinct from the ali- 
mentary canal, but this perivisceral cavity is produced in different ways. 
[The paper is of much greater length, but we have not further space for it, 
and to make an abstract would be impossible, so condensed is its style.] 
Notice to North- American Zoologists. — It seems that the journal called 
“ Pysche,” published by the Cambridge (U.S.A.) Entomological Club, has 
met with such a favourable reception on all sides, that its continuance in its 
present form is assured, but it is found impossible within the limits of four 
pages each month to bring up to date the Bibliographical Becorcl of North- 
American Entomology , indispensable to every entomologist. The members 
of the Club have therefore doubled the numbers for January and February, 
-and have decided to make this enlargement permanent, if sufficient support 
was guaranteed before March 1, 1875. To accomplish this, at least eighty 
•new subscribers are needed. a Psyche ” will contain such parts of the 
proceedings of the Cambridge Entomological Club as are of general in- 
terest, contributions upon the habits of insects, lists of captures, and a 
record of all writings upon entomology published in North America, and 
of all foreign writings upon North-American insects since the beginning 
of 1874, with a brief note on the contents of each. 
The largest Cuttle-fish ever captured. — Professor A. E. Verril, in an article 
•on the subject of recen tty-captured cuttle-fish, says : 11 The most complete 
specimen that has ever come under scientific observation was captured 
in November 1873, at Logie Bay, near St. John’s, Newfoundland. It 
became entangled in herring-nets and was secured by the fishermen with 
some difficulty, and only after quite a struggle, during which its head was 
badly mutilated and severed from the body, and the eyes, most of the 
siphon-tube, and the front edge of the mantle, were destroyed. Fortunately 
this specimen was secured by the Rev. M. Harvey of St. John’s. After it 
had been photographed and measured, he attempted to preserve it entire 
in brine, but this was found to be ineffectual ; and after decomposition had 
begun to destroy some of the most perishable parts, he took it from the 
brine and, dividing it into several portions, preserved such parts as were 
still undecomposed in strong alcohol. These various portions are now in 
my possession, and with the photographs have enabled me to present a 
restoration, believed to be quite accurate, of the entire creature. In this 
figure the eyes, ears, siphon-tube, and front edge of the mantle have been 
restored from a small squid ( Loligo pallida ), to which this gigantic species 
seems to be nearly allied in many respects. It seems to measure over eleven 
feet in length. — Silliman's American Journal , Feb. 1875. 
