Verm. 1 
VERMES. 
BY 
Arthur Willey, B.Sc. Lond. 
I.— List of Publications, p. 1. 
II.— Faunistic, p.26. 
III. — The General Subject ; including Anatomy and Biology, which 
are distributed throughout the Systematic arrangement, pp. 27-50. 
In addition to the Works of which a longer or shorter abstract is given 
below, the following should be specially mentioned on account of their 
importance, though not lending themselves to brief abstracts: — On the 
histology of the nervous system, Biedermann, Burger (5), Retzius 
(1, 2), and Roiide ; development and biology of Rotifers, Zelinka ; 
development of the Gordiida ?, Villot ; and biology of the littoral zones, 
Vaillant. 
I. — LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.* 
Andrews, E. A. (1) On the Eyes of Polychceta. A preliminary com- 
munication. Zool. Anz. xiv, No. 371, pp. 285 & 286. 
Author observes that in the branchial eyes of some sedentary Annelids 
the retinal cells are separated by intervening pigment cells, and each 
bears its own refracting medium at its cuticular end. Such an eye is 
therefore practically “ compound.” (See next memoir for details.) 
. (2) Compound Eyes of Annelids. J. Morph, v, pp. 271-299, 2 pis. 
— — . (3) Reproductive Organs of Biopatra. T. c. pp. 113-124, pis. vii 
& viii. 
In two species of Biopatra (P. magna. n. sp., and B. cuprea , Bose.) the 
ova possess during a long period of their growth, both while in the ovary 
and while free in body-cavity, two cell-strings, often branching, and com- 
posed of from fifteen to forty ovarian cells each. Function of these cell- 
* An. asterisk prefixed to a quotation signifies that the Recorder has not seen the 
Journal or Work referred to. 
