6 Verm. 
vermes. 
diplochcetos, Otto. Author thinks the Chlorhcemidoe (in which only a 
single pair of thoracic nephridia are present, and no abdominal nephridia) 
represent Tubicola, which have secondarily acquired an errant habit. 
Blessig, E. Zur Kasuistik der subkonjunktivalen Cysticerken. (St. 
Petersburger med. Wochenschrift, 1890, No. 40.) CB. Bakt. Parasit* 
ix, p. 384. 
Bolsius, H. (1) Nouvelles recherches sur la structure des organes 
segmentaires des Hirudinees. Cellule, vii, Fasc. 1, pp. 3-77, 3 pis. 
— (2) Les Organes cilies des Hirudinees. T. c. Fasc. 2, pp. 291-320, 
2 pis. 
Bourne, A. G. (1) On Megascolex cceruleus , Templeton, from Ceylon ; 
together with a Theory of the Course of the Blood in Earthworms. 
Q. J. Micr. Sci. xxxii, pp. 49-87, pis. vi-ix. 
Megascolex cceruleus — ( Pleurochceta moseleyi ) Beddard). 
. (2) Notes on the Naidiform Oligochceta ; containing a description 
of New Species of the Genera, Pristina and Pterostylarides , and 
remarks upon Cephalization and Gemmation as generic and specific 
Characters in the Group. T. c. pp. 335-356, pis. xxvi & xxvii. 
Brandes, G. (1) Die Familie der Holostomiclen. Zool. Jahrb. Abth. 
f. Syst. v, 1890, pp. 549-604, Taf. xxxix-xli. 
Anatomical, pp. 550-570. Developmental, pp. 570-575. Systematic, 
pp. 575-596. 11 new species. 
. (2) Zur Frage des Begattungsaktes den entoparasitischen Trema- 
toclen. Kritische Bemerkungen zu Pintner’s Aufsatz. CB. Bakt. 
Parasit. ix, pp. 264-267. 
See below, Pintner (1). 
. (3) Einige Bemerkungen zu Yorstehendem. T. c. pp. 730 & 731. 
See below, Pintner (1). 
Braun, M. (1) Helminthologische Mittheilungen. T. c. pp. 52-56. 
Account of work done in author’s laboratory. See Dieckiiofe. 
. (2) Ueber Echinorhynchus polymorphic und filicollis. T . c. pp. 
375-380. 
Author decides above to be distinct species. 
. (3) Die sogenannte “ freischwimmende ” Sporocyste. Op. cit. x, 
pp. 215-219. 
Author obtained a number of the so-called free-swimming Sporocysts 
(which had been described in 1885 by Bamsay Wright) from Limnams 
palustris , var. corvus. They are really, however, Cercarice , with bifur- 
cated tail, of which the anterior portion — i.e. t the Distomum-body — is 
withdrawn into a cup-like depression of the tail. Author has not deter- 
mined the species of Distomum, but names the Cercaria — C. mirabilis, u. sp. 
