ECONOMY OF THE BODY—II
157
The presence of bacteria has only so far been demonstrated in the case of Photoblepharon, and it is hardly
possible to go all the waywith Buchner, hoWever probable
his theory sounds. For if it istrue in the case of
it might also apply to other animals; Noctiluca, for example, ,
and the Peridineæ generally, not to speak of the seasonal
and sexual luminescence of ihsects; :Butthe bacteria-may:
only be agents 'stimulating the glandular, cells »tOthe'
'
duction of
“
photogens
” under particular Conditions.
“
Apart from a general reluctance to accept atheory that
rests on too few observations, it must be confessed that the
phenomena of luminescence in shes receive a - cleare‘r
explanation-from Buchner’s 'standpoint than from any other.
,
As an illustration of this thepeculiar conditi0n in the Sc0pe—
lid Ipnops may be mentioned. This remarkable form has
no eyes, though living among other shes Which have eyes.
_In‘stead, there is a large luminous organ inside the skull under.—
the ‘frontals, as demonstrated by Moseley. There; seems
no other reason to account for this, but that bacteria "have
entered the1-Orgàn
process of. formation,and 'co‘m—
.
pletèlÿ;transf0rmeditsÏcharacter. Pérhàps the eàrlydevdop_
forms when known Will throw some light on
“There
one other—remarkable
Ipnops_that
_
deserves
to
be
mentioned. Ç5
-lurrhouS organe is
apparently innerv'ated by the_:optic nerve. This W0uld '
indicate that the development had proceeded some distance
before the transformation took place, and it may be that
Ipnops really represents some individuals of a species going
by another name.
’
‘_
"
'
,
4. SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM
Ï
,
The transfofmationof cells'from.thèf production of… one . ,
1
kind of energy to that ofanother leads—to
the nervous, system. : = The enæionrz0f_chät Waves of some
j
sort Was probably the rst—
one
and the.same cell receiVed ahd
_
157
The presence of bacteria has only so far been demonstrated in the case of Photoblepharon, and it is hardly
possible to go all the waywith Buchner, hoWever probable
his theory sounds. For if it istrue in the case of
it might also apply to other animals; Noctiluca, for example, ,
and the Peridineæ generally, not to speak of the seasonal
and sexual luminescence of ihsects; :Butthe bacteria-may:
only be agents 'stimulating the glandular, cells »tOthe'
'
duction of
“
photogens
” under particular Conditions.
“
Apart from a general reluctance to accept atheory that
rests on too few observations, it must be confessed that the
phenomena of luminescence in shes receive a - cleare‘r
explanation-from Buchner’s 'standpoint than from any other.
,
As an illustration of this thepeculiar conditi0n in the Sc0pe—
lid Ipnops may be mentioned. This remarkable form has
no eyes, though living among other shes Which have eyes.
_In‘stead, there is a large luminous organ inside the skull under.—
the ‘frontals, as demonstrated by Moseley. There; seems
no other reason to account for this, but that bacteria "have
entered the1-Orgàn
process of. formation,and 'co‘m—
.
pletèlÿ;transf0rmeditsÏcharacter. Pérhàps the eàrlydevdop_
forms when known Will throw some light on
“There
one other—remarkable
Ipnops_that
_
deserves
to
be
mentioned. Ç5
-lurrhouS organe is
apparently innerv'ated by the_:optic nerve. This W0uld '
indicate that the development had proceeded some distance
before the transformation took place, and it may be that
Ipnops really represents some individuals of a species going
by another name.
’
‘_
"
'
,
4. SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM
Ï
,
The transfofmationof cells'from.thèf production of… one . ,
1
kind of energy to that ofanother leads—to
the nervous, system. : = The enæionrz0f_chät Waves of some
j
sort Was probably the rst—
one
and the.same cell receiVed ahd
_