1894.] 



HTOID ARCH OF CEBATODXJS. 



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In each of these cases the ventral process mentioned above is 

 segmented off as a separate cartilage. This may possibly be a 

 symplectic from its position, as suggested by Huxley (5), but, in 



Fig. 3. 



cc 



hm 



Ceratodus forsteri. — The hyomandibular and adjacent parta. 

 Letters as before. 



view of the great variability exhibited by the hyoraandibular, it is 

 doubtful whether any importance can be attached to its indepen- 

 dence. In the last two cases (fig. 3, e and /) the aperture for the 



