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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE: 

 ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE 

 MARSUPIALIA. 



No.i. The Genitalia of Sarcophilus satanicus (9). 



By T. Thomson Flynn, B.Sc, Lecturer in Biology, 

 University of Tasmania. 



(Plates xxvi.-xxxi.) 



Introductory. — The specimen of Sarcophilus satanicus, of whose 

 genital organs this communication is a description, was forwarded 

 to me through the kind offices of Mr. J. E. C. Lord, of Hobart, 

 in August, of last year. I wish also to express my indebtedness 

 to several other gentlemen, notably Mr. W Stops, and Dr. J. S. 

 C. Elkington, for their endeavours to obtain specimens for this 

 work. This is the only female which I have as yet obtained, 

 and I had originally intenued that its description should wait 

 until further specimens had come to hand; the increased scarcity, 

 however, of these animals, together with the discovery of a 

 number of interesting and significant points in the morphology 

 of the genital organs, has influenced me to publish the results 

 earlier than otherwise would have been the case. Portions of 

 the paper can as yet be regarded only as preliminary notes. 

 This is due, in the first place, to scarcity of material, and, in the 

 second, to an unfortunate lack of original communications and 

 papers in Tasmania. I have had to depend on my friends, 

 especially Professor Haswell and Acting-Professor Johnston, of 

 Sydney, to remedy somewhat my deficiencies in this respect, and 

 I here take the opportunity of thanking them sincerely for the 

 help they have given me. 



Description of specimen. — The specimen was a full-grown 

 female, with three fairly advanced young in the pouch. All had 



