Contributions to the morphology and development of the femal urogenital organs in the marsupialia / by Jas. P. Hill.

Hill, Jas. P.

Credit: Contributions to the morphology and development of the femal urogenital organs in the marsupialia / by Jas. P. Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[/Vom the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1900, Part 3, August 29th?^ CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MORPHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEMALE UROGENITAL ORGANS IN THE MARSUPIALIA. By Jas. P. Hill, B.Sc. (Edin.), F.L.S., Demonstrator of Bio- logy IN THE University of Sydney ; George Heriot Research Fellow, Edinburgh University. (Plates xxvii.-xxix.) II. On the Female Urogenital Organs of Myruecobius FASCIATUS. (PL xxvii., fig. 1 ; PL xxviii., figs. 2-4). The following account is based on a macroscopic and microscopic examination of the genital organs of a young (about half-grown) Myrmecobius measuring 11'5 cms. (snout to root of tail). For the opportunity of examining the genital organs of this interesting and somewhat rare form, I have to thank Mr. Geo. Masters, Curator of the Macleay Museum. The only reference to the genital organs of Myrmecobius with which I am acquainted is contained in a paper* by W. Leche, which deals, however, mainly with the muscular anatomy, the description of the female genital organs being quite short and unaccompanied by figures. No apology is, therefore, needed for the present communication. In PL xxvii., fig. 1 the genital organs are shown as seen from the dorsal aspect. The ovaries {o.v.) in this young specimen are smooth oval bodies measuring 3 mm. in length by 2 mm. in breadth, and situated ventrally to the anterior extremities of the uteri. The * Leche, W. “Beitriige zur Anatomie des Myrmecobius fasciatus.” Verhandlungen des Biologischen Vereins in Stockholm, 1891.$