114 Mr. H. A. Baylis on a 



? . Similar to the male, but with the front slightly convex, 

 the prothorax less sharply contracted apically, and with the 

 two prothoracic tubercles replaced by a concentric ridge. 



Long. 1*4-1 "5 mm. 



Hab. India, Nilgiri Hills. 



Type in the collection of Mr. H. E. Andrewes. 



In neither sex do there appear to be many scales on the 

 prothorax, unless they have been worn off in the series of 

 specimens examined. The species is very closely allied to 

 C. tilia, Panz., but is easily separated from it by the elytral 

 clothing alone. 



Genus Webbia, Hopk. 



Webbia dipterocarpi, Hopk., $ ? . 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Several females from Penang and a pair from Sarawak 

 (Mt. Matang). 



XVI. — On a curious Malformation in Ta3iiia saginata. 

 By H. A. Baylis, M.A. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



A VERY curious specimen of the common tapeworm of man, 

 Tcenia saginata, recently came into my hands through the 

 courtesy of Mr. W. T. Hillier, of the Pathological Depart- 

 ment of the Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney. As is 

 so often the case with cestodes removed by anthelminthic 

 remedies, the head and anterior portion of the strobila were 

 not recovered. The absence of the head is regrettable, as it 

 might have thrown interesting light on the peculiarities of 

 the worm. 



The total length of the fragment recovered was about 

 165 cm. In its general shape and appearance there is nothing 

 remarkable. It is flattened dorso-ventrally as usual, and 

 most of the segments are of the size and shape characteristic 

 of T. saginata. On closer inspection, however, two types of 

 anomaly are found to occur very frequently : — 



(1) Imperfectly divided segments, with two or more genital 



pores on alternate sides, and a separate set of in- 

 ternal organs corresponding to each pore. 



(2) Segments normally divided from their neighbours, but 



with two genital pores, on opposite sides but at the 

 same level. 



