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Show 134 MR. W. L. SCLATER O N [Feb. 1, (2) AUDOUIN et MILNE-EDWARDS. Classification des Annelides, etc. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxx. pp. 411-414, pl. xxii. 1833. The authors show that Peripatus must be placed among the " Annelides Errar.tes." The specimens described were obtained from the River Appronague, in Cayenne. (3) GERVAIS, P. Etudes pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Myriapodes. Ann. Sc. Nat. (2) vii. pp. 35-60. 1837. The author believes Peripatus to be a transitional form between the Myriapods and Chaetopods ; he also quotes a MS. description by Blainville of a second species (P. brevis) from the Cape of Good Hope. (4) WIEGMANN, A. F. A. Einige Bemerkungen iiber Guilding's Peripatus. Arch. f. Nat. (Wiegmann), iii. pp. 195-200. 1837. Description of certain specimens of Peripatus from the Lake of Valencia, in Venezuela. (5) MORITZ, C. Noch einige Worte fiber Peripatus, Guild. Arch. f. Nat. (Wiegmann), v. pp. 175-176. 1839. Remarks on the habits and life-conditions of specimens of Peripatus found in St. Thomas. (6) DE BLAINVILLE. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Supplement, torn. i. p. 237. Paris, 1840. In his article " Animal " de Blainville institutes a special division, " Les Malacopodes" of his Type ii. "Entomozoaires," for the genus Peripatus. (7) MILNE-EDWARDS, H. Note sur le Peripate juliforme. Ann. Sc. Nat. (2) xviii. pp. 126-128. 1842. The author reiterates his opinion of the Annelidan nature of Peripatus. (8) BLANCHARD, E. Reeherches sur rorganisation des Vers. Ann. Sci. Nat. (3) viii. pp. 119-149. 1847. On pp. 137-141 is given the history of the four species known at that time-P. juliformis, edwardsi, blainvillii, and brevis. form is considered by the author to he related to Annelids. (9) QUATREFAGES, A. DE. Memoire sur la famille des Hermelliens. Ann. Sci. Nat. (3) x. pp. 5-58. 1848. Quatrefages (p. 56) considers Peripatus to be a worm of aberrant form, distinctly related to this group (e. g. Hermellea). (10) MILNE-EDWARDS, QUATREFAGES, et BLANCHARD. Reeherches anatomiques et zoologiques fait pendant un voyage sur la cote de Sicilc, part iii. p. 61, pl. i. fig. 2. Paris, 1849. Blanchard forms a new species (P. edwardsi) for the reception of Milne-Edwards's form from Cayenne; he also mentions Gay's species, P. blainvillii, afterwards described (12), and gives some account of its anatomy. |