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immediately. This vein also was found in a male V. exanthe- 

 maticiis. Its existence is probably therefore a characteristic of 

 the Yaranidfe. 



Text-fi^. 104. 



Veins of suprarenal body and adjoining regions in Varanus exanthematieus 

 (left-hand figure) and V. niloticus (right-hand figure). 



A. Aorta ; Ayit.Abd. One root of anterior abdominal ; Ca. Posterior cardinal ; 

 K. Kidney; O. Vein from omentum; S.i?. Suprarenal body; jp. Parietal 

 veins ; T. Testis ; v.d. Vas deferens ; V.c.i. Postcaval. 



Suprarenal Portal Veins. — These have been already recognised 

 by Corti, Hochstetter, and myself in V. griseus. They vary 

 somewhat in numbers and in arrangement in the several in- 

 dividuals which I have dissected. 



These suprarenal veins, as is the case in other Lizards — it is not 

 mentioned by Hochstetter for Varanus, — arise in two ways. 



