288 MR. W. A. FORBES ON THE GREAT ANTEATER. [Mar. 7, 
The tip of the tongue is quite glabrous and globular ; but the greater 
part of the rest of its extent, anterior to the pair of circumvallate 
papilla, is dorsally and laterally covered with similar, but smaller, 
retroverted papillze, best developed towards the tip of the organ, 
and gradually getting smaller and smaller towards its base, till they 
are scarcely visible to the unaided eye except in certain lights. 
There is a median glabrous line, or shallow groove running along the 
Fig. 1. 
Palate of Myrmecophaga jubata; from a preparation in the Museum of the 
Royal College of Surgeons, prepared from specimen a. 
tongue till near its apex; but this is ventral in position. According to 
Owen there is a similar dorsal one; but if so, it is not very evident (/.c. 
p- 129). The dorsal surface, however, is slightly fluted towards the 
apex. In front of the circumvallate papille a slightly raised median 
longitudinal ridge extends for some 5 inches. 
My observations on the salivary glands agree well in most points 
