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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE 



[June 17, 



It is of about three-quarters of an inch in length and less than 

 half an inch in width, of an oval contour and white colour. 

 Were it not for its regular shape and the lean condition of the 

 animal, I should perhaps have put down this gland foi' a piece of 

 fat, to which it beai"S a striking resemblance in general appearance 

 and also in texture and " feel." It is very soft and could be 

 readily scraped away ; it was difficult to dissect it away cleanly 

 fr-om the skin before the whole area had been hardened in spii-it. 

 The reason for this resemblance to fat becomes plain when the 

 tissue of the gland is examined microscopically. The accompanying 

 drawing (text-fig. 35) shows a portion of a section through the 



Text-fig. 35. 



C.T 



Transverse section through arm-gland of Hapalemur griseus. Highly magnified. 

 C.T, connective tissue; Gl, glands. 



gland, cut across the long; axis. It will be observed that the chief 

 portion of the gland is not formed of glandular tissue at all : it 

 consists of a network of adenoid tissue which may very possibly 

 here and there have held fat-cells in its meshes. It is extremely 



