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attachment of the cardinal muscles; on both sides are two flattened areas, 
presumptively places of attachment for the inner, dorsal branches of the 
Fig. 197. Fig. 198. 
Megalanteris Archiaci, de Verneuil. 
Figs. 197,198. Views of the exterior of the species. 
(De Vekneuil.) 
pedicle; at its base it is excavated and funnel-shaped. Between the sides 
of these swellings and the sockets, lie the points of attachment of the 
brachial apparatus. The crura are produced into two broad, straight rods, 
extending almost to the middle of the shell, curved somewhat inward, rounded 
at the ends, and which on the whole, have little similarity to the converging 
inG. 199. Fig. 200. 
Megalanteris Archiaci, de Verneuil. 
Figs. 199, 200. A restoration of the brachial apparatus. 
(SUESS.) 
