No. 472] 



ANATOMY OF CRYPTOBRANCHUS 



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'i1ie ilia (/.), like the ischia, are of bony consistency, except at 

 their extremities, where there is a small amount of cartilage. They 

 are somewhat curved in a postero-dorsal direction, and are con- 

 siderabh enlarfred at their peKic end, and les^ so it their sacral 



I'he jcmur (Fig. 11. F.) is rather more slender in proportion 

 to its length than it is in the Japanese animal. Its proximal end 

 IS enlarged to form a round, cartilairuious head, which articiihiUs 

 with the deep acctahnlnr cavitv that has aliradv hccu m('nti..iu-(l. 

 On the ventral si(h'. iH>ar the pi-oxmial cud. i> a s.>il ot ti... haiitH . 



shaft tapers rapi.llv ri'om th(> cnhirncd pn.xnnal end \n al>.)ut the 

 middle length (.t ihc Uonc. whnv it is iicai-l\ cNhiuhK al m < los.s 



