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Fig. 8. — Semidiagraimnatic drawing made by Walter H. Rich, from dissection by William C. Kendall. Specimen from 

 Sebago Lake, Me. Ventral view of ovaries and oviducts of smelt {Osmerus mordax). a. Left or anterior ovary; 6, right or posterior 

 ovary; &, lateral expansions of mesovaria and ovarian membranes joining peritoneum of abdominal walls to form oviducts; 

 h, genital pore; I, liver; q, intestine; r. anus. 



Fig. 9. — Left view of ovaries and membranes of same as fig. 8. a. 

 side so that its lower portion is dorsally situated; c. left raesovarium 



expansion of raesovarium and ovarian membrane forming left oviduct; k, genital pore; q. intestine; 

 of intestinal mesentery with confluent mesovaria. 



Left ovary; 6. left side of right ovary bending up on left 



d. outer edge of ovarian membrane; g, posterior lateral 



anus; w, posterior end 



Fig. 10. — Right view of same as fig. g. a. Left ovary bending up under stomach and intestine forming a groove in which 

 the viscera extend; 6, right ovary; c. mesovarium of right ovar>'; d. outer edge of ovarian membrane, between which and the 

 mesovarium the egg surface not covered by membrane other than the mesovarium is situated; g. right posterior expansion of 

 the mesovariimi and ovarian membranes forming the short right oviducts or practically the right side of the common oviduct 

 posterior to w; h, genital pore; /. liver; n, upper or cardiac arm of stomach; o. lower or pyloric arm of stomach; q, intestine; 

 r. anus; t, intestinal mesentery; v, air bladder; w, posterior end of intestinal mesentery with confluent mesovaria. 



