Cryptohrancho loco, situs cst. Digitovnin ct i)li;il;niizinn nnmcnxs planc 

 idem. 



Articulatlones metacarpo-phalangeae , et ii\terphalangeae omnes, in 

 svnclesmoses A-cras versae, abscpic minimo ca\i articularis vestigio. 



ij. 37. Ossa mamis Amphiumatis. 



(Tali. V. Fig. 4.) 



In A»tji/i//ni/(tfr fri(htcf_t/I(i cxtremitates anteriores et postcriores adeo 

 gracilcscunt, ut in ridicnlas ferc iii^iicndiccs dcgcncratac ajiparcant, quac 

 nec corporis nntlcm .sustcntarc, ncquc cjus motum n;it;itorinm tacilitarc 

 possunt. Niliilominus tamcn cx consuctis partibus constant, qiun-nm prlnui, 

 scapiilac ct claviculae corrcspondens, tota quanta cartlhigluca cst, sola 

 scapulac basl quodannnodo ossificata. l^rachlum ct ;intil)racliium Meno- 

 hrctitrJKi simiH;!, scd mnlto gniclliora. 



Oar])us (|u;ituoi- const^it c;u-tilaglnll)us. Prlnia, (|u;ic radlum attlnglt. 

 pro partc ])i)lllccm fci-t. »Sccniid;i. ulii;ic contlgu;!. oiiinliim m;ixlma. iiul- 

 lum sustciit;it dlgltum. Tcrtiac digitus mcdlus Inuitltur, ct ]);irs iiolllcls. 

 Quarta, mlnluni. dlgltum mlulmnm (tcrtiumj gestat. tSubtillssImac rcvcra 

 liac cartlhigiiics sunt, et aegre cognosccndae. Id vcro mllil. i-c])ctito sac- 

 pius labore constat, cartllagines nequc intcr sc, ncquc cum osslbus anti- 

 brachii, ncqiic cum b;isl digltorniii. ])cr ;irtIcnlationcs conjungi, sed st/n- 

 f/e.s;»o.sefw rcguhnn ])ci' oinncm c;ir]il ;iml)Itum vlgcrc. Quod Schlegclius 

 dc S(t!(ttit(tit(/r(t iittt.ritiKt cttatus cst: oss;i inetac;ir]il nlmlrum abcssc, dc 

 Amp/titnitdtc o]itIino jiirc ;isscrl ])()tcst. NIl nlsl ])li;il;iiigcs vidco, qna- 

 runi trcs ]iollIcI ct dlglto mcdio, dno vcro diglto niinliiio contlgcre. Arti- 

 cnhitloiinm Intci-]ili;ilaiigc;iriini locuiii junctur;ic tilirosac tenent. 



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