32 IXTESTINE AND DIET OF REPTILES. 



contained sonie comparatively large chunks of" some succu- 

 lent plant. In tlie distended large intestine were found as 

 well remains of vegetative origin as legs and wings etc. of 

 several large insects. In other specimens the vegetable re- 

 mains were quite dominant. This species seems accordingly 

 to be omnivorous and it is probable that the partly vege- 

 table diet has caused an enlarged size of the large intestine. 



A Lacerta muralis (distance from snout to vent (»I mm.) 

 showed the same general arrangements of the intestinal ca- 

 nal. The length of the small intestine was about 55 mm. 

 It opens a little to the right in the large intestine to which 

 it is attached as in the foregoing species. The length of the 

 large intestine is about 19 mm. 



In a Lacerta viridis (distance from snont to vent 1:^0 mm.) 

 the same general arrangement of the intestinal canal conld 

 be recognized as well. A short ccecum is conspicuons at 

 the anterior end of the large intestine, which latter is 

 very short, measuring about 30 mm. in length. The length 

 of the small intestine is about 97 mm. in length. 



In Eremias vdox the general arrangement seems to be 

 the same as in Lacerta. 



Faiii. Scincidse. 



Mabuia niiiltifasciata Kuhl. 



Distance from snout to vent 102 mm. 



The ventricle lies straight on the left side where it nearly 

 reaches to the inguinal region. There is a well developed 

 pyloric valve. The whole intestine measures 128 mm. The 

 small intestine is remarkably wide all along and its mucosa 

 shows longitudinal wavy folds. Exteriorly it is hardly de- 

 fined from the large intestine and there is no cajcum, but 

 interiorly there is a well developed ileocolic valve. Exteri- 

 orl}' the limit between the small and large intestines may 

 be observed because there is a stronger mesenteric strand 

 with large bloodvessels running to that point. The length 

 of the large intestine is about 37 mm. 



In 3Iabuia dorskittata Cope on the other hand I have 

 found a cfficum situated as in Lacerta. 



