372 PBOi. K. VOX BAEBELEBEX OX THE [Apr. 17, 



e. CARNIVORA. 



1. LlXSAXG GRACILIS. 



The gastrocnemius consists of two heads; insertion, tuberos. 

 calcanei (behind). 



The soleus is represented only by a weak tendon (as very often 

 the plantaris in Man). 



The plantaris, connected with the gastrocnemnis, but divisible by 

 the forceps, is very strong, fleshy till near the calcaneuni ; it then 

 becomes tendinous, passes the calcaneum, connected with it by the 

 tendon-sheath, becomes again fleshy, and ends on the toes. No 

 " fascia " plantaris is present (as in the Cat, Mivart). 



Nerve-supply by the plantaris medialis (proximal) and lateralis 

 (distal). 



The flexor es longi (subl. and prof.) do not cross each other, but 

 continue separate and run down parallel, the profundus or fibula ris 

 being the stronger ; the accevsorius joins the latter ( Dobsori). 



The lumbricales spring from the profundus (fibularis). 



2. VlVEBEICULA MALACCEXSIS. 



The plantaris is quite separate from the gastrocnemius and 

 continues in the planta into the flexor brevis ; nerve-supply as in 

 Linsang (plant, med. and lat.) (very similar to Linsang). 



3. Heepestes geiseus. 



In this animal there is also a continuation from the " plantaris " 

 into the " flexor brevis." Nerve-supply as in Linsang and 

 Viverricula, two branches coming from each nerve. 



C— CONCLUSIONS AND GENEEAL EEMARKS. 



On comparing the bones and muscles of the distal parts of the 

 mammalian limbs we see : — 



(1) That the palmaris ends on the Pp. in Marsupials, Insectivora, 

 some Eodentia, — while in some Carnivora there are only tendinous 

 fibres going to that bone, and in higher mammals only traces of 

 those connections are found. The palmaris can be separated into 

 two muscles. 



(2) That the plantaris is inserted into the Ph. in Marsupials, 

 Edentata, some Insectivora, while in higher forms it goes only to 

 toes 1-5 or 2—5 ; finally we see the tendons being united to an 

 aponeurosis. 



In the superficial layer of the forearm and the leg we have also 

 the ulnarvs intemus (often separated into two muscles) going to 

 the pisiform, and the gastrocnemius going to the calcaneum. 



I am not quite sure about the meaning of the tibialis medialis 



