The latter is marked transversely by bands formed by the mu scular coat' e ? toma eh and intestine is a valve (pylorus) formed by four small, floating,k° ( ^ es - The small intestine forms two curvatures, and then proceeding
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a , c k' v ards terminates in the swollen caecum, which ends in the very s ort,0 Um - The biliary vessels consist of six very long, filiform, convolu e tu e ,anteriorlv -»t tL e fnm»«K- * 1 -- 1 ““
lll, iate anf “ vessets consist or six very Jong, filiform, convoluted tubes,
:ar tlie e,10r v at the stomach near the pylorus, and posteriorly at the in-
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Hfk 0 ^ testicT c | w ' u . m - The Sexual System of the Male consists of a pair ofdttt ^ ave a r'^’ la ving externally a granulated appearance; two vasa deferentia,ij t ni0id lessen u a PP eara uce; three or four pair of tubes (seminal vesicles or epi-by ,; a "d a 0 ’• e functions of which are imperfectly known ; a common spermaticthy s heath •r W "hich has three barbs or kooks at its extremity, and is envelopedh er Ca y* l ies of , I f E Temale Organs consist of two large, hollow, egg-shaped ovaries,Oyj |I'yrif',,- " IU:i are called calyces. On their external surface is an immense num-Cj]i Uc ts by tjJ* 1 - tu bes. From each ovary or calyx arise an oviduct, ami the twoCa)| jj the ,. 0 le ' r Junction form the common oviduct, the lower portion of which is
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(«eJ CU ^P^matlie r ^ 11 !° l ^ e common oviduct passes a tube from a vesicular bag_9ety J(«s ijla,i ( i s a ^ ^ copulatrice, Audouin), and also of other appendages
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(ratal Organs of Cantharis vesi-catoria.
hj'glides,c 1 as a deferentia.
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Female Organs of Cantharis vesica-toria.
a a, The ovaries covered by the eggtubes. Each ovary sends outan oviduct, b . The two ductsunite to form the common ovi-duct, which receives the excre-tory tube of the spermatheca, c,and of other appendages, d d.
e, Portion of the inverted intestine.
/, Last abdominal ring.
Audouin’s paper for an amusing account of the amours of these
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«« ■’ ,;re aim a ,,1U1 us they are rare. In the summer of 1837
o fln ^ in Essex and Suffolk (Westwood, Intr. to the Mod.ects > v °l- i- 1839). They are found on species of Oleacece