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increasing distance from the scolex. Figs. 2 and 3 show small 

 portions of this proliferating region. Fig. 2 is from Jlf. planis- 

 siuia, Fig. 3 from M. expansa. The cytoplasm about the nucleus 



FIG. 2. 



FIG. 3. 



is often so slight in amount as to be almost'invisible. All the 

 cells lie free in the parenchyma. A number of nuclei in both 

 figures show various stages of amitosis and others have appar- 



