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MR. F. E. BEDDARD OX THE ANATOMY OF [May 26, 



nowhere attached to the alimentary canal. The splenic omentum 

 (text-fig. Ill, 0') extends a little beyond the left kidney m its 

 insertion on to the median dorsal line. 



The left kidne^/ is well below the right, and in fact its anterior 

 end is only just' a trifle above the level of the posterior end of 

 the right kidney. The kidneys are rather large, about 10 mm. 

 long. 



The organs of rejjroduction are not widely different from those 

 of other Marsupials. The example of Antechinomys dissected by 

 myself was a female and apparently fully formed in the organs 

 of sex. I am able to fill up a lacuna in our knowledge of those 

 organs in the Marsupialia. The uterus of each side was swollen 

 into an almost spherical dilatation near to the origin of the 

 Fallopian tube into which it abruptly contracted. At the other 

 extremity this dilatation lessened more gradually, though at the 

 same time with some abruptness, into the rest of the uterus. 

 At the junction of the two uteri in the middle line the common 

 chamber thus formed is of greater calibre than is either of 

 the uteri just before the junction. There seemed to be a 

 rudiment of a median cul-de-sac. The two vaginae are about 

 the same calibre as the thinner part of each uterus and are 

 not specially dilated anywhere. The funnel forms the usual 

 fimbriated expansion which is attached to the ovary for a very 

 short space. It and the Fallopian tube are supported by the 

 anterior ligament of the uteri which is attached to the parietes 

 in front of the ovary, and thus forms a pocket into which the 

 ovary can be pushed. 



II. On some Points in the Anatomy o/" Phascologale 

 macdonellensis. 



I also owe to the kindness of Mr. Beck a complete example 

 of this recently described species of Phascologcde, which pre- 

 sents several features of interest in its anatomy. The genus 

 itself is not well known anatomically. So far as I have been 

 able to ascertain, there are only two recent memoirs extant 

 which deal with the visceral structures of species of Phascologale. 

 The first of these is in a paper upon Antechinomys laniger by 

 the late Mr. Alston to which reference has already been made, 

 and in which the stomach of Antechinus (= Phascologale) 

 sioainsoni and Phascologale penicillata are described, and in the 

 case of the former figured, as well as some other viscera. In 

 the second paper — Dr. D. J. Cunningham's Report upon the 

 Marsupials collected during the voyage of H.M.S. ' Challenger,' * 

 some notes are given upon the thoracic viscera {not the abdominal) 

 of Phascologale calura and concerning the azygos vein. 



The example which I dissected was a fully adult female with 

 no signs of immaturity The teats (3 on each side) were large, 



* Vol. V. of the Reports. 



