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attachment of the cardinal muscles ; on both sides are two flattened areas, 

 presumptively places of attachment for the inner, dorsal branches of the 



Fig. 197. FIG. 193. 



Megalanteris Archiaci, de Vcrneuil. 

 Figs. 197, 19S. Views of the exterior of the species. 



(De VEENEnlL.) 



pedicle ; at its base it is excavated and funnel-shaped. Between the sides 

 of these swellings and the sockets, lie the points of attachment of the 

 brachial apparatus. The crura are produced into two broad, straight rods, 

 extending almost to the middle of the shell, curved somewhat inward, rounded 

 at the ends, and which on the whole, have little similarity to the converging 



Fig. 199. Fig. 200. 



Megalanteris Arckiaci, de Verneail. 

 Figs. 199, 200, A restoration of the br.achial apparatus. 



(SlTESS.) 



