14 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVITI, 
consists of a loose connective tissue, whose main function 
appears to support the funnel. oe 
The musculature of the oral apparatus is quite interest- 
ing. I agree with Dr. Annandale as regards the arrange- 
ment of the muscle bundles in the funnel itself. My dis- 
sections show that the muscles are only present in the 
semicircle appears to be indefinite but the whole system is 
distributed in a fan-shaped manner. The shorter bundles 
apparatus. One of these bundles was examined microscop- 
cially and was found to consist of striped muscles. By pull- 
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