510 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE jELUROIDEA. [JunC 6, 



The Liver. 



The liver in Felis has the left lateral and right central lobes very 

 large, the latter being divided by a deep cystic fissure, in which lies 

 the gall-bladder, and the former being also somewhat divided by a 

 fissure. The right lateral and left central lobes are each undivided 

 and very small. The caudate lobe is of moderate size, about as 

 large as the left central lobe. The Spigelian lobe is small (the 

 smallest lobe), and is not divided by any fissure. 



The liver of Genetta t.igrina is very like that of the Cat ; but the 

 left lateral lobe is quite undivided, save by a small shallow groove 

 on its posterior (gastric) surface. The cystic fissure is less deep 



LL 



ML 



Liver of Genetta tigrina, its posterior (gastric) surface. 



c, caudal lobe; gh, gall-bladder; ha, hepatic artery; hd, hepatic duct; L C, 

 left central lobe ; L L, left lateral lobe ; p v, portal vein ; B C, right 

 central lobe ; B L, right lateral lobe ; Sp, Spigelian lobe ; v c, vena cava. 



than in the Cat, and is situated more to the right, so that the por- 

 tion of the right central lobe which is to the right of the gall-bladder 

 is much less in excess of that part of the right central lobe which is to 

 the left of the gall-bladder. The caudate lobe has a very deep con- 

 cavity, and is larger in proportion to its breadth. It runs uninter- 

 ruptedly into the Spigelian lobe, which latter is a little larger rela- 

 tively than in the Cat, and has a very deep groove (or fissure) 

 running dorsad from its ventral margin, and dividing its proximal 

 third from its distal two thirds. The diaphragmatic surface of the 

 liver exhibits but a short cystic fissure. 



In Fiverra civetta the right lateral and right central lobes appear 

 nearly of equal size, as seen on the diaphragmatic aspect of the liver. 



