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necks of the uteri, the long axis being parallel to that of the 

 animal. In some of these respects Notoryctes resembles 

 Myrmecobins fasciatus [5, p. 520] rather than Pera- 

 meles obesula. The uterine necks, the internal surfaces of 

 which are much folded, pass backwards often in contact 

 with each other, and embedded in connective tissue, to open 

 into the vaginaa on a small papilla (see text-figure, and 



ant b. of bir 



Text-figure. 



PI. 20, fig. 14, ut. n.) as in Tarsipes [5, p. 523] and Acrobates 

 [5, p. 525]. 



Passing backwards from these openings are two large 

 median vaginas (text-figure, and PI. 20, figs. 14, 15, med. 

 V. c), separated for some distance back by a septum which 

 is absent, however, at the extreme posterior end, leaving a 

 ^rnall opening, apparently a natural one, by Avhich the two 



