NO. 3 



COMPARATIVE HISTOLOGY OF FEMUR FOOTE 



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Structure. — The section is composed of concentric lamellae with oval lacuna? 

 and straight canaliculi surrounding the medullary canal. The lamellae are dimly 

 separated into wide external and narrow internal rings by a condensation of 

 the lacunae around the medullary canal. Twofold division. 



Type I. 



LEFT FEMUR OF EPOMOPHORUS WAHLBERGII. NO. 113451, U. S. NAT. MUS. 



Pl. 8, Fig. 125. Syn. Tab. IV 



Antero-posterior diameter of bone, 2 mm. ; lateral, 1 mm. 

 Antero-posterior diameter of medullary canal, 1 mm.; lateral, 0.5 mm. 

 The medullary canal is full. Medullary index, 33%. 



Structure. — The section is composed of lamellae divided into three con- 

 centric rings. The external is narrow and composed of lamellae with long lacunae 

 and straight canaliculi; the central is wide and consists of lamellae with oval 

 lacunae and bushy canaliculi; and the internal is narrow and composed of lamella? 

 with long lacunae and straight canaliculi. The bone shows the threefold division. 



Type I. 



LEFT FEMUR OF GLOSSOPHAGA ELONGATA. NO. 102107, U. S. NAT. MUS. 



Pl. 8, Fig. 126. Syn. Tab. IV 



Antero-posterior diameter of bone, 0.9 mm. ; lateral, 0.8 mm. 

 Antero-posterior diameter of medullary canal, 0.4 mm. ; lateral, 0.4 mm. 

 The medullary canal is full. Medullary index, 28%. 



Structure. — The section is composed of concentric lamellae with oval lacuna? 

 and straight canaliculi surrounding the medullary canal. The bone is uniform. 

 Type I. 



LEFT FEMUR OF NYCTALUS AVIATOR. NO. 102098, U. S. NAT. MUS. 



Pl. 8. Fig. 127. Syn. Tab. IV 



Antero-posterior diameter of bone, 1.5 mm. ; lateral, 1.5 mm. 

 Antero-posterior diameter of medullary canal, 0.5 mm. ; lateral, 0.5 mm. 

 The medullary canal is full. Medullary index, 12%. 



Structure. — The section is composed of concentric lamellae with oval lacunae 

 and straight canaliculi surrounding the medullary canal. The bone is uniform. 

 Type I. 



LEFT FEMUR OF SCOTOPHILUS HEATHII. NO. 13692, U. S. NAT. MUS. 



Pl. 8, Fig. 128. Syn. Tab. IV 



Antero-posterior diameter of bone, 2 mm. ; lateral, 1.5 mm. 

 Antero-posterior diameter of medullary canal, 1.2 mm.; lateral, 1 mm. 

 The medullary canal is full. Medullary index, 65%. 



