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Remarks. — On five separate occasions I have observed measles in 



joints of mutton brought to my own table. I have also several 



times encountered a very slender tapeworm in man, which is not 



improbably the adult representative of this Cysticercus. 



Examples of the mutton-measle have also been seen by Prof. 



Heisch, Dr. Kirk, and Dr. Maddox. 

 Experiments. — The only breeding experiment performed by me 



with this slender tapeworm was on a lamb (1872). The result 



was negative. 

 Lit. — Cobbold ; Tapeworms (3rd Edit.) ; and in Supp. to Entozoa, 



1869 (p. 27). Maddox, On an Entozoon, with ova, found encysted 



in the muscles of a sheep ; Nature, May 15th, 1873 ; Month. 



Micr. Journ., June, 1873 ; Lend. Med. Record, Aug. 6th, 1873. 

 16. — Tcenia lopJwsoma, Cobbold. 



SjTi. — None. A malformed tapewoi-m, (Heller.) 



Larva. — Unknown. 



Remarks. — This a good species, notwithstanding the criticism 



that has been bestowed upon my detenninations. It is quite 



distinct fi-om Kiichenmeister's variety from the Cape of Good 



Hope. The reproductive papillae are placed all on one side of 



the strobile thi'oughout. 

 Lit. — Cobbold ; Tapeworms. Davaine Les Cestoides, (I.e. p. 573. ;) 



Heller, (I.e. s. 594.) 

 17. — Tania nana, Siebold. 



Syn. — T. agyptiaca, Bilharz; Diplacanthus, Weinland. 



Lai-va. — Unknown. 



Int. Host. — Probably an insect, (Leuckart.) 



Remarks. — This little tapeworm has only once been found. It was 



discovered by Bilharz in an Egyptian boy in very large numbers. 



The finest examples did not quite reach an inch in length, 

 18. — Tania madagascariensis, Davaine. 

 Syn. — None. 

 Larva. — Unknown. 

 Remarks. — Discovered by Dr. Grenet (at Mayotte, Comores) to 



have passed from two young children. The reproductive pores 



are uniserially disposed, as in T. lophosoma. 

 Lit. — Davaine ; Art. Les Cestoides (I.e. p. 577 et seq.) 

 19. — Tania elliptica, Batsch. 



Syn. — T. canina, PaUas ; T. cateniformis, Rudolphi ; T. cucumerina, 



Bloch ; Dipylidium, Leuckart. 

 Laiwa. — A louse measle, (Cysticercus Tcenia elliptica:.) 

 Int. Host. — The lice of the dog and cat, (Trichodectes laius and 



Tricli. siihrostratus. ) 

 Remarks. — Most helminthologists beheve that this cestode is 



identical with the cucumerine tapeworm of the dog. At best it 



is a mere variety. 

 Lit. — Melnikow ; in Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 1869 ; and in 



Recueil de Med. Vet., 1871. 

 20. — Tania fiavopuncta, Weinland. 



Syn. — T. fiavomaculata, Mohn ; Hymenolepis, Weinland. 

 Larva. — Unknown. 



Remarks.— This is a smaU worm which has only been once seen. 

 It was obtained by Dr. Palmer, in America, from an infant. As 

 in T. lopliosoma and T. madagascariensis, the reproductive papillie 

 are uniserially arranged. 

 Lit. — Weinland ; Tapeworms of Man, 1858, and in his Beschreib- 

 ung zweier neuer Ta:nioiden aus dem Menschen, 1861. 

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