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ZOOLOGY 



SECT. 



termed " liver" (hep.), the ducts of which open into it. The rectum 

 or proctodoeum (red.) is dilated ; the dilated portion (rect. ccec.) 

 gives off two pairs of Malpighian tubes (mal.). 



In the Pseudoscorpionida the mesenteron, which is bent into a 

 loop, gives off three diverticula ; the proctodseum has also a 

 diverticulum. In the Solpugida the mesenteron also gives off 

 diverticula ; the occurrence of Malpighian tubes is doubtful. In 

 the Acarida there are always diverticula, the number and arrange- 

 ment of which vary, 

 connected with the 

 mesenteron. There 

 are usually two long 

 coiled Malpighian 

 tubes. 



In the Xiphosura, 

 the mouth (Fig. 552, 

 mo.), which is situ- 

 ated some distance 

 behind the anterior 

 extremity of the 

 body, leads into a 

 suctorial pharynx, fol- 

 lowed by a stomach, 

 which opens into 

 the elongated mesen- 

 teron ; the procto- 

 dseum, a short tube 

 with folded walls, 

 opens on the ex- 

 terior at the posterior 

 extremity of the ab- 

 domen. Into the 

 mesenteron, as in the 

 Scorpion, open the 

 ducts of a large gland, 

 usually termed the 



"liver "(7- ta>.). 



A heart is absent 



in all the Mites with 



the exception of one family. In the other Arachnida a heart is 

 present and has" the same general form as in the Scorpions, 

 though always more concentrated. 



In the various orders the organs of respiration differ a good 

 deal in their character. In the Pseudoscorpionida they take the 

 form of branching tracheae similar to those of Insects. In the 

 Pedipalpi there are two pulmonary sacs or book-lungs similar to 

 those of the Scorpions. In the Solpugida there is a system of 



Fio. 550. Eurypterus fischeri (Silurian). 

 (From Nicholson and Lydekker.) 



