8 Hewitt, Note on the Buccal Pits of Peripatus. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Fig. I. Transverse section of P. baljouri, through the middle 

 of the first pair of legs. 



Fig. 2. Enlarged view of transverse section of the jaw-lever 

 of the right side and its attachments, in the region of 

 the first pair of legs. 



bp. Buccal pit. ep. Epithelial pocket, le. Chitinous jaw-lever. 

 hn. Longitudinal muscles of jaw-lever, pc. Posterior 

 lobe of brain. ///. Pharynx, sld. Reservoir of slime 

 gland. /;;/. transverse muscles of jaw-levers. 



