72 NOTES TO THE 



tbe largest size, though all pertain to the same spe- 

 cies. 



(33) The Swiss, as has been said, are princi- 

 pally subject to this taenia, which has been describ- 

 ed as composed of a delicate, lax, and membranous 

 substance. Linne, Jhnoenitates acedemicae, vol, ii, 

 J), 7, tah. 1, fig. ii. ; and Pallas, Elenchus Zoophy- 

 iorum, p. 408, no. 3, call this taenia vulgaris. 



The same P.illas in another of his writings, 

 •Veue J\*urdische Beytrag, I B, I S,p. 54, calls it 

 taenia grysea. 



Goeze, Versucheiner JSi^'aturgeschichte, etc. p. 

 S96, gives to it the name of taenia memhranacea. 



The head of this taenia has not yet been de- 

 scribed, because it has not been seen. Its length 

 does not exceed eight arms. Its body is narrower 

 than that of the flat taenia (unarmed taenia). Each 

 of the rings has marginal papillae at the sides, en- 

 closing an ovary in the centre. These are the prin- 

 cipal characters of this pretended new species of 

 taenia, I think however with Werner, Vermiiun 

 intestinaliiun, praesertim taeniae humaniae brevis 

 expositio, etc. p. 49, that it should be regarded as 

 fallacious, or as described from badly preserved sub- 

 jects. 



Or may wc not again suppose that it was a flat 

 taenia, young or poorly nourished, or not yet de- 

 veloped ? 



(33) Authors in their turns have frequently 

 contradicted themselves while describing its inter- 

 nal parts. 



