3 
les faits observés par l’auteur chez le Glohiocephale on peut ex- 
clure tres probablement Thypothese d’aprés laquelle il s’agirait de 
follicules ayant renfermé les poils foetaux.“ 
1 . 
2 . 
Figs. 1 and 2. 
Skin oT tlie Caaing Whale, with the Fjelstrnp »Fore Figures«. 
Natural size. — Atter F'jelstriip. 
Fig. 3. A sucker of a large sciuid {Architeathiis), shovving the seriate margin. Figs. 4 
and 5. The horny ring, border view antl half side view. — After .Jap. Steenstrup. 
0. i. 
Figs. () and 7. The surface of paste against which are pressed horny rings from 
suckers of a large stjuid {Archileiilhus). Nat. size. 
This Statement is agreed to by W. Kiikenthal who—after having 
dealt with and discussed the question minutely in his wellknown: 
“Vergleichend-anatomische und entwickelungsgeschichtliche Unter- 
suchungen an Wahlthieren“ — ends by declaring: “Etwas sicheres 
*) Denkschr. d. medicin.-naturwiss. Gesellschaft zu Jena, III, 1889—93 (p. 
13—14 & p. 15- 16). 
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