B76 



01^ ABDOMINAL RIBS IN A SKINK. 



[Apr. 10, 



April 10, 1906. 

 Herbert Dbuce, Esq., Yioe-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., exhibited a partially dissected 

 specimen of the Scincoid Lizard Trachysaurus rugosus, and made 

 the following remarks : — 



The existence of a j)a7'aster7iu?n (" abdominal ribs ") is more 



Text-fig. 84. 



Portion of ventral surface of Trachysaurus rugosus. 

 a, abdominal ribs ; c, cut edge of suijerficial abdominal muscles ; r, ribs. 



obvious for purposes of demonstration in this Lizard than 



