1905.] 



VASCULAR SYSTEM OF LACERTILIA. 



477 



shall, howeA^er, describe the conditions observed by me in a male 

 Ophisaurus (Hochstetter also examined a male) as an indication 

 of the variability of this region of the venous system. Each 



Text-fie-. 65. 



A-wthU 



laU.'..\ 



a, 



a 



nr_ 



IT 



2r 



CO 



cv 



CI 



Oy 



Eenal veins of Opliisauriis. 



a. Intercostal arteries ; Ant.Ahd. Anterior abdominal vein ; L.Abd. Lateral 

 abdominal vein ; >'. Afferent renals ; v. Veins running from parietes to the 

 kidney. 



supra-renal body has two series of affluent supra- renals, as has 

 Iguana*. There is an outer series springing from the lateral 



* Beddard, " On the Venous System in certain Lizards," P. Z. S. 1904, vol. i. p. 443. 



