Oll tlie structure of Taenia corifusa Ward. 



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Explanatlon of the Plate. 



testes 



transverse excretory canal 



transverse muscle fibres 



Uterus 



vagina 



vas deferens 



vesicula seminalis 



vitellaria 



thick walled tube connecting 

 the vagina with the recep- 

 taculum 



canal through which the eggs 

 pass from the shell gland 

 to the Uterus 



canal which carries the ovarian 

 eggs toward the shell gland 



Plate 28. 



Fig. 1. Taenia confusa Ward (nat. size). a Anterior end a 

 Short distance back of head, c sexually mature proglottids, /' terminal 

 proglottids. 



Ripe proglottid (X 6)- 



Sexually mature proglottids (X 20) showing the reproduc- 



Fig. 2 

 Fig. 3, 

 tive Organs 

 Fig. 4 

 Fig. 5. 



Transverse section of sexually mature proglottid (X 40). 

 Sagittal section through the connecting isthmus of two 

 proglottids (X 50). 



Fig. 6 Transverse section through the pore region of a sexually 

 mature proglottid (X 50). 



Fig. 7. Frontal section through the pore region of a sexually 

 mature proglottid (X 160). 



