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that of Amphibia (see Section XIV.) in the presence of long and 

 relatively narrow cerebral liemispheres, the nervous roof or palliutn 

 of which contains a stratified layer of nerve-cells. In all the 

 Dipnoi the part of the hemisphere (olfactory lobe and tubercle) from 

 which the olfactory nerve-fibres pass to the bulbus olfactorius is 

 of relatively large size. In Protoptcrus and Lepidosiren the 

 olfactory tract is not distinguishable, bulbus and lobus being in 

 immediate apposition. In both these genera the dorsal part 

 of the mid-brain is undivided. In both genera the kidneys are 



L^B^^ S^ Jf 



Fii;. iil4.— Protopterus. Skull, shouldor-girdlo, and .skeleton of fore-limb. A, splenial : Al\ 

 pre-orbitiil proce.ss ; a and h (on lower jaw), and Si, teeth : h, basal cartilage of pectoral fin ; 

 jB, ligamentous band connecting the mandible with the hyoid ; i-o. ligamentous baud connecting 

 the dorsal end of the pectoral arch with the skull ; D, angular ; VP, fronto-parietal ; H<, 

 membranous fenestra perforated by the foramen for the optic nerve (II) ; Hy. hyoid ; K, 

 external gills ; K n, Kn', cartilage of the pectoral arch ; KR, occipital rib ; iA'ancl MK, investing 

 bones of the i^ectoral arch ; AK, olfactor}' capsule ; OO, auditory capsule ; Occ. sui^raoccipital ; 

 Op. and Op', rudimentary opercular bones ; PQ. palatoquadrate ; P.^p. Psp'. spinous processes 

 of the anterior vertebne ; HE. supraethmoid bone ; SK, roofing membrane-bones ; Tr. palato- 

 quadrate cartilage ; II'IC, anterior vertebrae coalescent with the skull ; I-V, branchial arches 

 (that marked 7 is forked and the anterior bar may represent the first, in which case there are 

 six branchial arches) ; 1, 2, 3, segments of axis of isectoral fin ; *, *, vestigial lateral rays of 

 pectoral fin. (From Wiedersheim.) 



relatively more elongated than in Ceratodus; in Protopterus the 

 posterior portions are fused together ; in Lepidosiren they remain 

 separate throughout. In both genera the elongated testes are dis- 

 tinguishable into two regions — an anterior longer, sperm-producing 

 part, and a posterior shorter part which serves as a duct and a 

 vesicula seminalis. In Lepidosiren about six vasa etferentia arise 

 from this posterior region and enter the Malpighian capsules of 

 the mesonepliros : in Protopterus there is only a single vas 

 effereus. The ducts of the two kidneys open by a single aperture 

 (ProtopterusJ or two separate apertures on the summit of a 



