Referee's report by Gavin Rylands de Beer, on a paper 'Studies on the Onychophora VII. The early embryonic stages of Peripatopsis, and some general considerations concerning the morphology and phylogeny of the arthropoda' by Sidnie Milana Manton Sectional committee: Zoology Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a valuable contribution to zoology. He is worried by the large volume of the paper and it should be made more 'palatable'. [Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1949]. Date received not given. 15 December 1947