ELASMOBRANCHII. 
Pisces 37 
J. C. Ewart writes on the lateral sensory canals of Selachians (Lcemargcs 
and Raia). Tr. R. Soc. Edinb. xxxvii, 1893, pp. 59-105, pis. i-iii. 
P. Mitropiianow gives the results of his studies in Selachian embry- 
ology, Arch. Zool. exp. (3) i, 1893, pp. 161-220, pis. ix-xiv. 
C. K. Hoffmann, Morphol. Jalirb. xx, 1893, pp. 289-304, pi. xii, writes 
on the development of the venous system in Selachians. Remarks 
by P. Mayer, Anat. Anz. ix, 1893, pp. 185-192. 
On the formation of the medullary groove in the Selachians ; W. A. 
Locy, J. Morphol. viii, 1893, pp. 367-378, pis. xix. 
P. P. C. IIoek (See Titles, p. 7) reports on the results of his researches 
into the development of the excretory organs in Selachians. 
ASTEROSPONDYLI. 
Notes on Sharks’ Teeth from British Cretaceous Formations ; A. S. 
Woodward, P. Geol. Ass. xiii, 1894, pp. 190-200, figg., pis. v & vi. 
On the development of the cloaca in Prisliurus melanostomus ; Ostrou- 
moff, MT. Stat. Neapel, xi, 1893, pp. 46-54, pis. iii & iv. 
Lamna cornubica, recorded from Nova Scotia by H. Piers, P. N. Scotia 
Inst. (2) i, 1892, p. 184. 
Oxyrhina crassa , Ag. (foss.), on a tooth from the Red Crag of Suffolk ; 
A. S. Woodward, Geol. Mag. (3) xi, 1894, p. 75, fig. 
Acrodus contortus , n. sp. (foss.), Dai meries, Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 
(2) vii, 1893, Bull. p. xii, Eocene, Brussels. 
Noticlanu8 muensteri , Ag. (foss.), described and figured by A. S. Wood- 
ward, Ann. Nat, Hist. (6) xii, 1893, p. 401, pi. xViii, fig. 5. 
TECTOSPONDYLI. 
G. Valenti, Atti Soc. Toscana, Mem. xii, 1893, pp. 83-98, pi. iii, 
publishes histological researches on the brain of Torpedo. 
On the structure of the electric organ of Torpedo ; E.Ballowitz, Arch. 
mikr. Anat. xlii, 1893, pp. 459-468, pis. xxix-xxxi. 
J. C. Ewart, P. R. Soc. liii, 1893, pp. 388-391, fig., has further notes on 
the electric organ of the Skate. 
Lcemargus microcepbalus , Bl. Schn., on the skull and visceral skeleton ; 
P. J. White, Tr. R. Soc. Edinb. xxxvii, 1893, p. 287, 3 pis. 
Acanthias vulgaris , Bp., on an anomalous specimen ; Mazza, Atti Soc. 
Ligustica, iv, 1893, p. 428, pis. xvi & xvii, fig. 2. 
Centrina bruniensis , n. sp., Douglas-Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. ii, 1893, 
p. 62, Tasmania. 
Myliobatis pentoni, n. sp. (foss.) ; A. S. Woodward, P. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1893, pi. xlviii, Lower Tertiary, Egypt. 
Torpedo ocellata i Reed, on an anomalous embryo ; A. Coggi, Mem. Acc. 
Bologna (5) ii, 1892, p. 353, pi. 
