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Show 1884.] MR. W. F. R. WELDON ON CALLITHRIX GIGOT. 7 foot, inches. From outer canthus to base of ear 0 1 Extreme length of hand (palmar) 0 2f ,, ,, fore arm 0 3 ,, „ upper arm 0 2^ ,. ,, foot (plantar) 0 3| cms 0 4 thigh 0 4f Tbe tongue, mouth, and salivary glands present few points of interest ; the stomach is simple, though its transverse diameter is longer proportionally than in man. The biliary and pancreatic ducts Liver of Callithrix gigot, nat. size. R.C., L.C., right and left central; R.L., L.L., right and left lateral; Sp., spigelian ; ca., caudate lobes. open together an inch below the pylorus. The liver (fig. 1) is much more deeply divided than in Callithrix moloch. The right lateral lobe is also very much larger, and partially divided into two, while the caudate lobe is smaller than in the allied species. The small intestine measures 4 feet 5 inches, the large 18 inches in length- proportions which differ from those found in C. moloch, where the large intestine measured 19 inches in a specimen whose small intestine was only 2 feet 11 inches long. At the junction of small and large intestine is a caecum (fig. 2), tapering gradually till within a short distance from the tip, where |