On the Viscera of a Female Cliimpanzee. 307 



Tlie special accumulation of fat, known as the nions 

 Veneris, which is found in the human subject in front of the 

 pubes, is generally said to be absent in the anthropoids. It 



Fig. 2. 



Left half of a vertical mesial section of pelvis of female chimpanzee about two 

 years old (life size), s. v., 1st sacral vertebra, s, r., Pubic S3'mph)-sis. 

 R., Rectum, bl., Bladder, v., Vagina, u., Urethra. UG., Uro-genital 

 canah c, Clitoris, p., Prepuce, g., Glans clitoridis. 



is quite true that the amount of fat in this position is very 

 much less in the chimpanzee than in man ; at the same time 



