PLATE XXXV. 



Class PIS CE S continued 

 THE SKATE continued. 



FIG. 1. SKULL : VENTRAL VIEW, x |. 



r. rostrum : n. nasal capsule : or. foramen for the orbito-nasal branch 

 of the fifth nerve : II. foramen for the optic nerve : a. 

 auditory capsule : o. right occipital condyle : /. foramen 

 magnum. 



FIG. 2. SKULL : DORSAL VIEW, x |. 



r. rostrum: n, nasal capsule: a.f. anterior fontanelle: p. posterior 

 fontanelle : a. auditory capsule : o. right occipital condyle. 



FIG. 3. SKULL : SIDE VIEW, x |. 



r. rostrum : n. nasal capsule : p. foramen for the palato-nasal branch 

 of the fifth nerve : or. foramen for the orbito-nasal branch of 

 the fifth nerve : II. foramen for the optic nerve : III. foramen 

 for third nerve : V., VII. foramina for the fifth and seventh 

 nerves : a. auditory capsule. 



FIG. 4. PECTORAL GIRDLE : DORSAL VIEW, x . 



c. coracoid portion : s. scapular, and s. s. supra-scapular portions : 

 /. 1 ,/. 2 ,/. 3 anterior, middle and posteiior glenoid facets. 



FIG. 5. PECTORAL GIRDLE : SIDE AND VENTRAL VIEW, x about |. 



c. coracoid portion : s. scapular, and s. s. supra-scapular portions : 

 c.f. coracoid fontanelle: s.f. scapular fontanelle: s.c.f. 

 scapulo-coracoid fontanelle: /. 1 ,/. 2 ,/. 3 anterior, middle and 

 posterior glenoid facets. 



FIG. 6. VERTEBRAL PLATE AND PECTORAL GIRDLE : DORSAL VIEW, x J. 



s. scapular, and s. s. supra-scapular portions : v. vertebral plate : d. dorsal 

 ridge : c. articulation with the skull : &. fifth branchial arch. 



FIG. 7. VERTEBRAL PLATE : DORSAL VIEW, x |. 



s. s. supra-scapular portion of the pectoral girdle ; d. dorsal ridge of 

 the plate : I. lateral ridge. 



FIG. 8. VERTEBRAL PLATE : SIDE VIEW, x \. 



s. s. supra-scapular portion : d. dorsal ridge of the plate : I. lateral 

 ridge. 



