4 INTESTINE AND DIET OF REPTILES. 



iniportaiice can be drawn froin the tal)le which has been in- 

 serted after the descriptive part of this paper. Then the 

 difFerent development of the csecmu and the function of this 

 or^an is also discussed. Histological investio-ations of the 

 ditferent parts of the intestinal eanal are very desirable, but 

 could not be made at present on the material I had at my 

 disposition. 



The material used for this paper bolongs to the Zoologi- 

 cal Museum of the II. University at Upsala. 



