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Gurlt^ ill 1831 obtained Eudolphi's specimens and gave two figures 

 of the worm. Crepliii^ in 184L> also studied tlie originals and "gave 

 (juite a fair description of tlieni (for details see Stiles'). 



Since Creplin's time numerous authors have mentioned T. deniicnlata 

 as a parasite of cattle and sheep, and ([uite a iiuiid>er of specimens 

 have been determined as belonging to this species (for details see 

 Stiles^). In 1801 Blanchard-^ placed this species in his genns Moniezia, 

 Later,« in 181I.3, I studied several end segments of IJudolphi's originals, 

 compared them with several specimens determined as T. denficnlafa 

 by various helminthologists, and called attention to tlie disagreement 

 in the statements of diffei'cnt authors as well as to the fact that none 

 of their specimens agreed with I udoli)hi\s original type. The few 

 statements I made upon the originals were extremely meagre and 

 guarded, showing that "we know practically nothing of the micro- 

 scopic anatomy of ^1/. (lenticidata.''' 



Tpoii examining originals of liaird's Twnia (joezci and Kiehm's 

 IHjrylidhim latissimum, Hassail and Stiles were sur])rised to hnd the 

 great resemblance the cirrus bore to the cirrus in the few segments of 

 Eudolphi's material deposited in the United States National Museum. 

 Through the kindness of Geheimrath Mcibius and Dr. A. Collin we 

 obtained furtlier material of Eudolphi's originals and were able to 

 prove' that Ta>iia doificidatd (•ontaiued two distinct species of cestode 

 i.e., one agreeing with Eiehm's i>. latis.siinuin and T. goezei, the other 

 with Cieiiotivnia pectinata (doeze, 1782 partim, Eiehm, 1881), Eaillict, 

 1893. We then expressed t!ie opinion that an error had occurred in 

 the original label of Eudolphi's specimens, and that they were in real- 

 ity leporine rather than bovine cestodes. 



Baird's description « of T. goezci. in 1853, reads as follows: 



19. Tania Goczii, Baird. Head wautiug. Articulations of body very short, numer- 

 ous. The inferior margin straight. Genital orifices opposite, situated on or near 

 the lower edge of each joint, the lemniscus being projected out iu form of an ele- 

 vated papilla, which curves downward. Greatest breadth of body 6 lines, len"-th 

 of articulations about i a line. 



This species differs from expansa and deniiculata in having the posterior border or 

 edge of each joint smooth and rounded, in.stead df bein;;- crenulate or undulated, 

 and having the genital orifices situated ou the lower edge of the joint instead of iu 

 the middle. 



Hab. ( ?) 



From old collection. 



1 Lehrbnch der pathologischen Anatomie der Haussiiugethiere, p. .381, pi. x, figs, 

 o— 4, 



2 Endozoologische Beitriige, Weigmanu's Arch. Naturg.. I, pp. 315-327. 

 /'Revision of adult Cestodes of cattle, sheep, and allied animals. Bull. 4. Bur. An. 



Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric, 1893, p. 44. 

 ' Loc. cit., 1893, pp. 44-46. 

 ^Mem. Soc. zool. France, IV, 1891, p. 187. 

 '■ Loc. cit., 189.3, pp. 42-47. 

 ' Vet. Mag., Ill, 1896, p. 6-9. 



M.'at. Specs. Ent. or Intestinal Worms, (.'nil. lirit. Mns., Eond., ]>. 78. 

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