1901.] 



ME. F. B. BEDDARD ON QALAGO GARTSIETTI. 



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this latter is easily recognized by its not staining with borax- 

 carmine ; it remains of a yellow colour. Imbedded in the dermis 

 in this region are bundles of 5 or 6 hairs apiece, the exact number 

 of which to each bundle I have not ascertained. Tbe non-staining 

 horny layer gets gradually thicker as the spine-covered area is 

 approached, and at the same time the ridges upon the epidermis 

 get more and more marked. 



Text-fig. 74. 



Galago garnetti. 



Section through the skin of the forearm in the region of the horny outgrowtli. 



H, cornified epidermis, beneath which are seen nuclei of epidermic 

 cells ; S, one of the liorny outgrowths. Highly magnified. 



Ultimately the dense columns arise from the subjacent layer of 

 non-staining horny epidermis which are the spiny structures them- 

 selves. It is impossible to detect any break between the spiny 

 columns and the horny epidermis (text-fig. 74) of which they are 

 extensions ; nor are there any differences in minute structure that 



