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Alæ animal Annelida antennæ apex apice appear appendages Athyris Australia band base beds belly blackish body broad brown caudal cephalothorax Champion Bay characters colour coxæ cutting-teeth described distinct dorsal dorsal fin ears elongate elytra female fish fossils front genera genus Gray grey hairs head Hewits Hist Hydrozoa inches long inner side lamellæ latter legs length Lepus limbs lobe longitudinal lower M'Coy Macroxus mandibles margin maxillæ millim minutely punctulated Miocene molars Museum narrow nearly niloticus observed ocellis organs outer pale palpi papillæ Port Essington posterior premolar Quatrefages reddish regard rounded Sciurus segment sepals shell short skull snout species specimens spines Spirigera stamens Steindachner streak surface tail black teeth Terebratula thorax throat tibiæ transverse tumida type in B.M. underside upper utricles ventral Waterh whorl Xerus yellow Zool
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Page 438 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.
Page 236 - ... these names, and adopting that synonym which stands next in point of date. At the same time we think it right to remark that this privilege is very liable to abuse, and ought therefore to be applied only to extreme cases and with great caution. With these limitations we may concede that § 11. A name may be changed when it implies a false proposition which is likely to propagate important errors.
Page 125 - One of the most important of the generalisations alluded to is the division of the class mammalia in regard to the times of formation and the succession of their teeth, into two groups; the Monophyodonts, or those that generate a single set of teeth, and the Diphyodonts...
Page 236 - The generic name should always be retained for that portion of the original genus which was considered typical by the author. Example. — The genus Picumnus was established by Temminck, and included two groups, one with four toes, the other with three, the former of which was regarded by the author as typical.
Page 61 - The origin of this fin is considerably nearer to the root of the caudal, than to the end of the snout, but little in advance of the root of the ventral.
Page 240 - Hall. Shell oval, ovoid, orbicular or transverse. Valves unequally convex, with or without a median fold and sinus ; beak apparently imperforate, incurved ; area none. Surface smooth or concentrically striated. Dorsal valve with a longitudinal septum ; upper part of the ventral valve •with, a deep subtriangular muscular impression which unites with the rostral cavity. The species of this genus are...
Page 22 - On the Association of Potton Sand Fossils with those of the Farringdon Gravels in a phosphatic deposit at Upware on the Cam; with an account of the superposition of the Beds, and the significance of the Affinities of the Fossils.
Page 284 - Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, vol. xx. p. 290, pi. 5. fig. B. This species has three barbels, one at each of the anterior nostrils and one at the chin. It is distinguished from specimens of the same size of the other three-bearded species by its large eye, the diameter of which, in the specimen obtained, is as long as the snout, one-fourth of the length of the head, and much longer than the width of the interorbital space. The teeth of the mandible are very unequal in size, some being canine-like....
Page 49 - Nieden (1923: 227); Waite (1929: 262) Loveridge (1935: 52; 1950: 132). Giinther's original description (1867: 55) reads: Litoria latopalmata, sp. n. Snout of moderate length, somewhat pointed in front, the distance between the front angles of the orbit being equal to that between the eye and the extremity of the snout. Canthus rostralis rather obtuse; nostril much nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye. Tympanum very distinct, not much smaller than the eye. Back with a few indistinct, short,...
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