BIOLOGY. 
Crust. 15 
CaUinectes ; Rati-ibun (1) : of pelagic deep-sea Schizopods ; Chun 
(3, v) : of Amphipods ; Sabs (8) : of Isopods; Dollfus: of Copepods 
(freshwater, Germany) ; Schmeil. 
Relation of the Nauplius- larva to the Trochosphere ; Zograf. 
Histology. 
Of Isopods (with method of softening chitin for sections); Martynov. 
Calcareous test of Cirripedes ; Gruvel (2). 
Setae and sense-hairs of appendages of Decapods ; Betiie, Holmgren, 
Rath: of Amphipods; Vejdowsky: of Copepods; Schmeil. 
Muscles of Cirripedes : four kinds distinguished ; Gruvel (4). 
[See also under “ Nervous System.”] 
Physiology. 
Inhibitory and accelerator nerves to crab’s heart distinguished; Con ant 
& Clarke. 
Function of Gastroliths, suggestion that they represent the lime 
removed from the old shell, preparatory to a moult ; Herrick 
(pp. 88 & 227). 
Vision in Schizopods ; Ciiun (3, vi). — Function of phosphorescent 
organs in Eupliausidce ; Ciiun (3, vi) : the source of their light ; Gies- 
ureciit (2). 
Respiratory and Yascular Systems. 
Brauchial system of A Ip hams ; Coutiere : its reduction in a new 
family of Caridea ; Calm an (2). 
“ Branchiae ” of Cirripedes; Gruvel (1). 
Special respiratory mechanism in certain Decapods : modifications of 
certain appendages, of carapace spines, and of orbits for respiratory 
purposes; Garstang (1) & (2). 
Gill-glands [see under “ Excretory System.”] 
Heart of Cvangonyx ; Vejdowsky. 
Digestive System. 
Digestive changes in the two kinds of cells of the alimentary canal of 
Isopods ; Martynov. — Modifications in digestive organs (elongation 
of alimentary canal and loss of special biting appendages) brought about 
by sojourn in caves ; Vire (4). — Dorsal coecum represented by short 
stalked spherical gland in a Cvangonyx ; Vejdowsky. 
Gastroliths [see “ Physiology.”] 
Excretory System. 
Reduction of antennary glands and shell glands, and development of 
peculiar organs in last three thoracic and certain abdominal segments in 
Isopods ; Nemec (1). — Comparison of antennary and shell glands in 
different genera of the Oniscidai ; development of the shell gland in 
Ascllus ', Zenker’s gland ; Nemec (4). — Antennary glands (symmetrical), 
and shell glands, in Acanthostoma-stuge of Leucifcr ; Rosenstadt (2). — 
Antennary gland in Cvangonyx ; Vejdowsky. 
Phagocyte cells of fat body, gills, cuticle and parts of the alimentary 
canal shown experimentally to have excretory function in Oniscidce in 
.addition to the antennary- and shell-glands ; Martynov. 
