. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 6 Dr. & the Rev. ;^jrralfam Biade-Birks— posterior end of tlie body is taken by Verhoeff to be an erroneous observation. From the fact that Dubois did not find all Scolioplanes luminous, Verhoeff thought that the best explanation would be that the sternal glands were infested with luminous bacteria. He adds that Dubois ast^erted that Scoliop/anes illuminated the whole body with the exception of the head, but the antejior and posterior parts of the trunk most strongl
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 6 Dr. & the Rev. ;^jrralfam Biade-Birks— posterior end of tlie body is taken by Verhoeff to be an erroneous observation. From the fact that Dubois did not find all Scolioplanes luminous, Verhoeff thought that the best explanation would be that the sternal glands were infested with luminous bacteria. He adds that Dubois ast^erted that Scoliop/anes illuminated the whole body with the exception of the head, but the antejior and posterior parts of the trunk most strongly and persistently. In a more weakly luminous condition there was a correspondence between the liiiht and the situation and extent of the ¥\ix. 3. fm. C'hatechelyne vemviana. Gland-group of one of tlie pore-fields of the ventral plates seen in section. eg, gland-cell; fm, nniscle-fibre. J. W. Smith & S. G. [From Verhoeff, (12) pi. v. fig. 9, with some lettering omitted, after Duboscq,] alimentary canal. In mentioning a subsequent assertion of Dubois tiiat ScoIiopla7ies can illuminate without any apprecia1)le * giving up of a secretion and the same author's query as to whether the luminosity of the whole middle line of ihe body would be pronounced if the luminous substance arose from skin-glands, Verhoeff points out that a distri- bution of glands over airi;ost all the steruites would be * "ohne irgend ein Secret ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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