BIOLOGICAL. 
Verm. 25 
19 . Classification. 
Derivation of Vertebrates from Turbellarian-like ancestors ; Goette. 
Classification of “ Vermes,” dividing the group into “ Vermes proper ” 
(Annelids and Platyhelminthes with the Lophostomce (Rotifers, Bryozoa, 
and Brachiopods as a transition group between them) and removing the 
Nemathelminthes (Nematodes, Eckinoderes , Gordiidce , and Acanthocephala) 
from Vermes to Arthropoda ; Perrier. 
Classification of the Oligochoeta, with genealogical tree ; Beddard(13) 
pp. 155-174: of Enchytrceidai \ Nusbaum : of Nemertines, with tree, 
deriving them from a common ancestor with the Turbellaria not now 
represented amongst them ; Burger (36), (37) & (38) pp. .692-715. 
Systematic position of accelous Turbellarians ; BcjiikiG. 
Classification of Chcctognatha ; Conant, B:£rAneck. 
Classification of Rotifers, and protest against the number of now 
species made ; Sniezek, Hood (97), Rousselet (200). 
20 . Physiology and Experimental Observations. 
Observations on absorption of iron by nuclei in animal cells, and power 
of storing it in the Gephyrea\ Schneider, R. (212). Functions of amcebo- 
cytes, and deposition of excreta to form pigment in ectoderm of 
Polychaetes ; Racovitza : of Leeches ; Graf. Phagocytosis inneptiridia 
of Oligochaetes ; Schneider, G. (211). Excretion in Leeches ; Graf. 
Function of septal glands of Owenia ; Gilson. Functions of tissues 
and organs in Nemertines ; Burger (38) pp. 435-443. 
Experiments in uniting wounded ends of Earthworms, even of differ- 
ent species, to one another in different ways ; Korsciielt (112). 
Experimental observations on the development of Ascaris eggs ; 
zur Strassen, Sala, Herla. 
21. Medical Notes. 
Bibliography of clinical Helminthology ; Huber. 
J3othrioce2)halu8-tmvcm\a. and its symptoms; Babes, Askanazy (6): 
natural immunity against it in cold-blooded animals and in some organs 
oE warm-blooded ones ; Lavaran. Echinococcus multilocularis of the 
brain ; Bider. 
Trichinosis ; Askanazy (5), Hertwig & Graham, Ratz, Ckr- 
fontaine (47). Filariosis of blood in niggers of Congo ; Firket. 
Filaria loa from human eye (in Africa) ; Hirschberg, Ludwig & 
Saemiscii. 
Association of Ascaris with typhus fever ; Ciiauffard : of an 
Anguillula with certain tropical fevers ; Teissier. 
Worm-pest in the lungs of domestic and wild animals ; Csoken : of 
hare; Yung. Filariosis in horse; Vandevelde. Worm cough of 
pheasants ; Muller-Liebenwalde. 
