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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
. Notes sur la Classification des Ann^ides. Comptes 
Rendus, tom. lx. no. 13, 27 Mars 1865, pp. 5860-60. Ann. 
Sc. Nat. tom. iii, 1865, pp. 253-296. 
Schmidt, Oscar. Ueber den Ban und die systematisclie Stel- 
‘ lung von Aspidosiphon mullerij Diesing (Lesinia farcimen^ 
Schmidt). Mittheil. naturwissen. Verein. fiir Steiermark. 
Ilcft iii. Graz, 1865, pp. 56-66, Taf. i. 
Semper, Carl. Reisebericlit (Fortsetzung) . Zeitschr. f. wiss. 
Zool. Band xiv. 1864, pp. 416-426, Taf. xli. 
Some anatomical details are given of several genera of Sipun- 
culoidce. 
Vaillant, L. Note sur un cas nouveau de reproduction par 
bourgeonnement, observe sur une Annelide de la rade de 
Suez. Comptes Rendus, tom. lx. no. 9, 27 Fevrier 1865, 
p. 441; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. April 1865, p. 358; Ann. 
Sci. Nat. tom. iii. 1865, pp. 243-250, pt. 3. 
The annelid observed was found unattached in a cavity of a 
sponge, and apparently belongs to the Syllidae. On the dorsal 
surface of, we presume, the cephalic segment, and on what tlie 
author calls the superior or dorsal lip, are found an immense 
number of buds, placed very close to each other, all over the 
surface ; their points of insertion are arranged quite regularly 
in quincunces. In form these buds call to mind some of the 
lower Nemertoid or Planarian worms. They have a very con- 
tractile body, almost equalling the annelid itself in length, and 
are flattened and blunt at their free extremity, which presents 
two or four small black eye-like spots. The author combats 
the objections that these buds are simply parasites, by calling 
attention to the continuity of the tissues, and to their being 
only a peculiar form of eyed tentacles, and by referring to the 
fact that it is rare to find a single tentacle supporting several 
eye dots. The observation must stand on its own merits until 
further opportunities arise for investigating the subject. 
ANNELIDA POLYCH^TA. 
M. Quatrefages (Ann. Sc. Nat. 1865, iii. p. 253) proposes 
the following arrangement of the Annelida polychceta : — 
