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within outwards of the cuticula for the original epithelium may be followed 

 very easily in the walls of the vagina. The duct gradually enlarges to form 

 a much elongated receptaculum seminis (Fig. 79) with a diameter of 92 to 104/li 

 (9 to 21/i, according to Kiessling!) and sharply separated from the spermiduct, 

 which, however, was not found to unite with the oviduct close to the dorsal 

 transverse musculature as stated by Fuhrmann, but close to the ventral wall 

 of the medulla. The ovary consists of two large wings (Fig. 79), composed of 

 closely crowded tubules, lying immediately upon the ventral transverse muscles 

 and united by a much smaller isthmus, the whole having a width of 0.64mm. as 

 compared with the 0.28mni. of Solowiow. The average length and depth of 

 the wings are, respectively, 105 and 90/i. Ova from the isthmus and more 

 median portions of the wings of the ovary have a diameter of 13/x while their 

 nuclei are 5^- The respective measurements by Kiessling and Solowiow are 

 9 and 6ii and 13.9 to 23.3/z and 1.5 to 2ju. Fuhrmann stated that one of the most 

 important differences between his Sch. zschokkei and Sch. solidns was the pre- 

 sence in the former of an oocapt, but Liihe (1899a :7 17) claimed that this 

 structure was in all probability overlooked by Kiessling. It arises from the 

 posterior aspect of the isthmus almost in the median line with a diameter of 

 from 35 to 40/x. The o\dduct, according to Kiessling has a diam.eter of 13, or 

 to Solowiow of 27iu; here it was foimd to be from 25 to 30;u between the entrance 

 of the vagina and that of the common vitelhne duct, which two points are close 

 together as in L. intestinalis. The common vitelline duct enlarges some httle 

 distance from its opening into the oviduct to form a vitelline reservoir having 

 a diameter of 30/i (23ju, Kiessling). The vitelline f chicles are extremely num- 

 erous and closely crowded together in a layer with a maximum thickness of 

 85/i, situated between the inner longitudinal and middle transverse muscles 

 (Fig. 79). They are continuous at the margins of the proglottis as they are 

 from joint to joint, and are broken only in hmited elliptical areas above and 

 below the reproductive ducts in the median line, as stated by Fuhrmann. 

 The dimensions of the individual follicles are from 58 to 87 by 18 to 26^, 

 the larger dimensions being the dorsoventral diameters, — 56 to 107 by 56ju, ac- 

 cording to Kiesshng, and 18 by 27ju after Solowiow. Just beyond the entrance 

 of the common vitelline duct the oviduct enlarges to form the ootype with 

 a diameter of 16/z (20ju, Kiessling) which is surrounded by the shell-gland, 

 situated just above the median frontal plane and somewhat lateral. Thru- 

 out its course the o\dduct is lined with an epithelium in which prominent 

 nuclei but no distinct cell boundaries appear and from which numerous ciHa 

 protrude into the lumen. In the ootype these cilia are much more noticeable. 

 From the ootype the oviduct passes ventrally with a few coils, then across the 

 median line close above the receptaculum seminis as the beginning of the 

 uterus. The latter gradually enlarges as it passes forward across the median 

 line several times, until at about the middle of its course it has a diameter 

 of 85 to 135/i. As regards the terminal portion of the tube it was found that, 

 as Fuhrmann observed: "Der Endtheil der Uterus verengert sich und ver- 

 laiift von der Dorsalflache [the median frontal plane in which the last trans- 



