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triangular space between the ulna and the outer side of the 

 little finger is occupied by a large muscular sheet (flexor 

 carpi ulnaris ?) which forms a powerful abductor minimi 

 digiti. The interossei are remarkably developed. The 

 following muscles are absent : teres minor, coraco-brachialis, 

 supinator brevis. 0. C, 281 E. 



Presented by the Directors of the Brighton Aquarium. 

 Murie, Trans. Zool, Soc., vol. viii. 1874, p. 156. 



C. 148. Superficial muscles of the right fore-limb of a foetal 

 African Elephant (Elephas africanus}. The muscles are all 

 of a distinctly massive type, and being for the most part 

 fleshy close down to their insertions, form a stout supporting 

 and stiffening investment to the limb-skeleton. A strong 

 ligamentous band (partly elastic) covers the extensor 

 lateralis, and elastic tissue is associated with the flexor 

 carpi radialis. The following special features deserve 

 notice : The tendon of the latissimus dorsi is double, and 

 embraces that of the teres major. The dorso-epitrochlearis 

 rises to a great extent from the posterior angle of the 

 scapula. The biceps is represented only by the long head. 

 The pronator teres is rudimentary. The supinator longus 

 is attached to the carpus. 0. C. 64 x a. 



C. 149. Left fore-limb of a foetal African Elephant (Elephas 

 africanus), showing the deeper muscles, especially those of 

 the fore-arm. 0. C. 64 x b. 



Miall & Greenwood, Jour. Anat. & Phys., vol. xii. 1878, 

 p. 264. 



C. 150. Two transverse sections through the proximal part of a 

 muscle (flexor carpi radialis ?) from the fore-limb of an 

 Indian Elephant (Elephas indicus), showing a remarkable 

 development of elastic tissue in the perimysium. The 

 elastic tissue forms a stout layer upon the outer surface of 

 the muscle, occupying a quarter of the circumference and 

 connected to a variable extent with a series of elastic sheets 

 and strands that pass between the muscle-bundles. (Fig. 5.) 

 Presented by Lord George Sanger, Esq. 



