1908.1 



AYE- AYE AND OTHER LEMURS. 



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structure of the brain (-witli which I am not concerned here, 

 since the specimens were sold for museum purposes which 

 rendered the extraction of the brain inadvisable) has been quite 

 recently dealt with by Dr. Elliot Smith *, who quotes previous 

 memoirs. 



Text-%. 150. 



A portion of intestinal tract o£ Chiromys. 



<i.c. Ansa coli. 0. Edge of omentum. S.i. Small intestine, st. Opening of 



duodenum into stomach. 



The greater part of the small intestine has been removed : the two cut ends 



are connected by a dotted line. 



These authors have dealt at length with the external characters, 

 ■osteology, visceral and muscular anatomy of Ghiromj/s, and to the 

 general descriptions given by them of the different organs I have 

 nothing to add. There are, however, some facts, and these not 

 altogether without importance, which have not met with much 



* Cat. Mus. Roy. Coll. Surgeons, vol. ii. 1902, p. 359. 



