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B. The Baldwin Synote and its place in the series. This monster 

 [Plate I] is an "imperfect Janus" (Cephalopagus) of the degi-ee 

 of torsion represented by Stage V of the diagram [Fig. 3]. The face 



Fig. 3. Diagram showing different degrees of lateral torsion (involution) 

 of monsters of the Janus group. 



I indicates the relation of the two components ; the others represent a^ual 

 cases, as seen in cross-section at the level of the eyes. II is a "Janos sym- 

 metros," in which the two components are exactly opposite, and the two faces 

 are consequently equal and perfect. Ill to V are the common types, in which 

 one face is more or less suppressed, thus suggesting the employment of such 

 words as "anterior" and "posterior," "front' and "baclv," etc., to express the 

 two aspects. Type IV is designated as an "Iniops," Type V as a "Synote." 

 In Type VI one face is wholly suppressed, at least externally, and appears 

 like a normal head to which two bodies are attached laterally. 



of one side is complete, while the features that appear upon the other 

 are (1) a large nasal proboscis, consisting of a stalk and a larger ter- 

 minal bulb; (2) a minute palpebral opening, but with externally no 



