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MR. F. E. BEODAED ON THE ANATOMY 



[Jan. 15, 



present communication the pancreas is a solid body, as shown in 

 the figure of that of V. niloticus (text-fig. 17). In all of them a 



Text-fia-. 17. 



-g.b. 



Pancreas, gall-bladder, &c. of Varanus niloticus, to show the course of 

 the bile-ducts. 



g.h. Gall-bladder; li.d. Hepatic ducts ; L. Liver; O. Orifice of conjoined bile-ducts ; 

 P. Pancreas ; F.v. Portal vein. 



very slender splenic lobe arises near to the anterior end of the 

 pancreas and passes to the spleen *. The species, however, show 



* In Varanus exanthematicus the end of the splenic not merely touches, but 

 enwraps and is enwrapped by the spleen. This intimate relation between the 

 spleen and the pancreas recalls a similar close association occasionally found among- 

 the Opliidia. 



