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MU. r. K. BEDDARD OX THE AXATOMV 



[Apr. 9, 



not important as compared with the Intertraiisversj^iii. that is if 

 the long mn^ele running from the iliuui dix'eetty to the third 

 vertebi"j\ be put out of consideration. In Raua (f>'ppi/i on the other 

 hand (see text-lig. 94) the ilio-himbar muscles are verv important 

 and occupy a considerable space upon the transvei-se processes of 

 the ribs. The whole muscle appeai-s to be continuous from the top 

 of the ilium to the transverse process of the vertebra. But it is, 

 though strictly continuous, interrupted by tendinous intersections, 

 each one of these corresponding to a transvei-se process. These 

 tendinous intersections are of some width. In Bana tigrina. which 

 I have been able to compare, the muscle has the s;xme geneKxl 

 arrangement : but the tendinous intei-sections are hardly 

 noticeable. This diflerence is very possibly merely one of those 

 diflerences which may be fairly put down to size. In the larger 

 Nana guppyi the complication of the muscle is gi-eater than in its 

 smaller ally. 



Text-fis. 95. 



A dissection of TeTohatcsfnscns, to show large a?sopliagval sheet of the 

 transversiilis. Lettering as in text-tigs. 93, 91. 



Pdobates sIioato a distinct likeness to Megalophrys in the dis- 

 position of the muscles now under considei'ixtion, as might be 



