4 Verm. 
VERMES. 
Benham, W. B. (1) The Nephridium of Lumbricus and its blood 
supply ; with remarks on the Nephridia in other Chcetopocla. Q. J. 
Micr. Sci. xxxii, pp. 293-334, pis. xxiii-xxv, 3 woodcuts. 
. (2) Report on an Earthworm collected for the Natural History 
Department of the British Museum, by Emin Pasha, in Equatorial 
Africa. J. R. Micr. Soc. 1891, pfc. 2, pp. 161-168, pis. iii & iv. 
'Eminia, equatorialis , n. g. & sp., one of the Geoscolecidce. 
. (3) Note on a Couple of Abnormalities. Ann. N. H. (6) vii, pp. 
256-258, pi. iii. 
One of the cases relates to a specimen of Lumbricus herculeus , Sav., 
which showed an asymmetrical disposition of the external genital pores 
and of the spermathecto. 
. (4) Notes on some Aquatic Oligochceta. Q. J. Micr. Sci. xxxiii, 
pt. 1, pp. 187-218, pis. v-vii. 
Includes biological observations on and fresh description of Heterochceta 
costata, Clap., and comparison with other Tubijicidce. Notes on Spiro- 
sperma ferox , Eisen, obtained from Thames and Cherwell. Note on 
Psammoryctes and the Chsptae of Tubifex rivulorum. Description of a 
new species of Stylodrilus , and notes on budding of Nais elinguis, 0. F. M. 
Bergh, R. S. Neue Beitriige zur Embryologie der Annelulen. n. Die 
Schichtenbildung im Keimstreifen der llirudineen. Z. wiss. Zool. 
Bd. 52, pp. 1-17, Taf. i & ii. 
Bergmann, W. Ueber den Befund eines Ascaris lumbricoides in der 
Peritonealhohle. Prager med. Wochenschrift. 1890, No. 50. Of. 
CB. Bakt. Parasit. x, p. 259. 
Biedermann, W. Ueber den Ursprung und die Endigungsweise der 
Nervon in don Ganglion wirbollosor Tioro. Jen. Z. Nat. xxv, pp. 
429-466, Taf. xvii-xxiii. 
Investigation of the course of the fibres in the ventral ganglia of 
various lnvertebrata , including Hirudo medicinalis (pp. 434-449) and 
Nereis pelagica (pp. 450-453), by means of the method of Ehrlich. 
Bitot and Saurazes. Etude sur les cysticerques en grappe de l’encdphalo 
et de la moelle chez l’homme. (Gazette m6d. de Paris, 1890, Nos. 
27-30.) CB. Bakt. Parasit. ix, pp. 625-627. 
Blanchard, R. (1) Nouveau cas de Tenia nain ( Hymenolepis nana) 
en Amerique. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. xvi, pp. 165-167. 
Upwards of thirty parasites found in intestine of an Argentine sailor, 
at Buenos Ayres, this being the second time that this Tcenia has been 
observed in America. 
. (2) Note sur les migrations du Tcenia gracilis , Krabbe. T. c. pp. 
119-122. 
The true intermediate host of T. gracilis is Candona rostrata , and 
probably other Ostracods ; and the final host, the duck. Yon Linstow 
