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<' Tlie spleen, of considerable size, and of a soft and flaccid tex- 

 ture, vvas connected by fatty ovientum to the stomach, at the 

 distance of 1 inch. Its length was 3 inches, and its breadth 4 of 

 an inch. 



" The pancreas was thin and of a long irregular figure, following 

 the fold of the duodenum, and closely attached to it. 



" The totai length of the intestines was 9 feet 2 inches. In the 

 Mustela Maries, the body of which is 1 foot 4 inches in length, their 

 length is 5 feet 1 1 inches ; in the Mustela Foina, they measure 5 

 feet 6 inches: these nrieasurements are given by Daubenton. I n the 

 Polecat, Putorius vulgaris, Cuv., with the body 15 inches long, the 

 length of the intestines 'i»Ą feet. No distinction existed betiveen 

 the small andlarge intestines, until arriving at the rectum, which for 

 the extent of 7 inches presented a decided increase of circumfe- 

 rence. This part was in a statė of high inflammation, and thickly 

 studded with minute gritty particles : a similar statė of disease, 

 though not to so great an extent, and without any deep redness, 

 existed also in other portions of the intestines. The peritoneal 

 liningof the abdominal parietės was universally anddeeply inflamed, 

 and still more rough than the rectum, with a thick sprinkling of 

 gritty particles. 



" The bladder also was inflamed, but rough only on the surface 

 in contact \vith the rectum. It vvas empty, uncontracted, flaccid, 

 and appeared as if on the eve of gangrene. 



" The anai glands were as large as a nut, and filled with thin 

 yellovvish strongly-scented fluid. Their ducts opened just vvithin 

 the verge of the rectum. 



" The kidneys vvere soft, and ratber large; their lengtb being 2 

 inches. 



" The uterus vvas very small ; — the length of the cornua 2 inches. 

 This organ partook of the inflammation which/QfFected the ręst of 

 the pelvic viscera. 



" The lungs consisted of two lobes on the left, and three on the 

 right side. The heart vvas rounded, its depth being 2 inches, its 

 breadth belovv the auricles 1-į inch. The aorta vvas found to give 

 ofFtvvo arteries from its arch ; of these the right, as large as a quill, 

 ran single for 1-j- inch, and then sent off the left carotid, and se- 

 condly, a right branch, vvhich divided immediately into right 

 carotid and right subclavian. The other, or leftartery,arising from 

 the aorta, formed the left subclavian. 



" The tongue vvas 3 inches in length aad rough on its upper sur- 

 face. The epiglottis vvas acuminate." 



Mr. Bell exhibited specimens of two Repii/es, forming part of 

 his collection, vvhich he regarded as the types of two genera hitherto 

 undescribed. He stated his intention of publishing, in the 20th 

 Number of the ' Zoological Journal' shortly about to appear, de- 

 scriptions and figures of them. 



l'o one of them he gavę the generic name 



