Examination of the holotype of the tetragnathid spider Sternospina concretipalpis Schmidt & Krause, 1993 demonstrates that the extraordinary claim by the authors of the original description of this species that the male palps are fused is unfounded. The monotypic genus Sternospina Schmidt & Krause, 1993 is a junior synonym of Tylorida Simon, 1894 and S. concretipalpis is a junior synonym of the...

Congenital stationary night-blindness associated with myopia may be transmitted by two types of inheritance: X-linked recessive (Worth, 1906; Nettleship, 1909 and 1912; Kleiner, 1923) and autosomal recessive (Nettleship, 1912; Vogt, 1923; Gassler, 1925; Akiya, 1935; Merin et al, 1970). There are only a few reports of either variety. The present paper describes a family where 3 sibs are affected...

ments, aged about 30, was admitted to the hospital on the 24th March, 1924, with a history of pregnancy dating from the 1st January, 1923. She had her last regular menses in the month of December 1922. She noticed and felt all the usual signs and symptoms cf a normal pregnancy in the usual course of events. In the month of September, 1923, one day the usual labour pains began but in a very mild...