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ZOOLOGY 



SECT. 



according to the species) of pairs of short stumpy appendages. 

 The integument is thrown into a number of fine transverse 

 wrinkles, and is beset with numerous conical papillae, each 



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capped with a little chitinous spine. The head (Fig. 443) bears 

 a pair of antennas, a pair of eyes, a pair of jaws, and a pair ' 



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FIG. 442. Peripatus capensis, Literal view. (From Balfour.) 



short processes known as the oral papillcG. The antenno3 are made 

 up of a number of short rings. The eyes are constructed some- 

 what after the model of the Chsetopod eye as described on p. 439. 

 On the surface of the oral papillae are situated the apertures of 

 a pair of glands the slime glands. Each jaiv is composed of 



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two curved, falciform, chitinous plates: bhe 3 lie at the sides of 

 i be mouth enclosed by a circular lip. The" jaws, as well as 'the 

 oral papillae, are developed as modified limbs. 



The legs are not jointed, but rows of papilla- o-i ve them a ringed 

 appearam-e: earh consists of a proximal part and a small distal 

 or foot, the latter terminating in a pair of horny claws 



