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fore not quite parallel to the body axis. In height they measure 4.5 

 mm. and 2.5 mm. in thickness. Only in two other specimens could 

 bones be selected from an assortment of broken ribs which with entire 

 certainty co'uld be pronounced as pelvic bones. In 240002 they meas- 

 ure 39.5, and in 239990, 63 mm. in length. In the largest specimen 



Fig. 7. — Medial aspect of the three proximal seg~ 

 ments of the fore limb of neombris, showing 

 mdscle attachments 



at Allen's disposal this figure was 65; so it is seen that they vary 

 much in length. 



MYOLOGY 



Some of the older works on the anatomy of the Cetacea are any- 

 thing but satisfactory. For this reason but three papers on the 

 musculature of the order have been used for the comparison of all 

 details of the musculature of Neomeris. These, given in the order of 

 their value in the present connection, are Schulte's and Smith's work 

 on the muscles of Kogia (1918), Schulte's report on Balmnoptera 

 horeaXis (1916), and Murie's work on Glohiocephala (1873). There 



