Cysticeicus/rom a rare Dolphin. 



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unusual tlucknesa of the wall of the bladder. The larger 

 specimens, however, ihow a very reniarkublo structure, llie 

 cavity of tho bladder is almost entirely filled by an onor- 

 niously lon^ coiled tube, which on further investigation is 



Fig. 2. 



" Cysticercus Trfixirr. Crrimahlii." Portiou of n trnnsvorse section near 

 the hinder end, passing through the Bcolex. 



C.f cuticle ; M., muscle-lnyers ; N., coils of the " neck " cut across ; 

 P., parenchyme of the " bladder"; 6'., scolex. 



found to bo continuous at one end with the wall of the 

 bladder at the point of invagination, and at the other end by 

 careful search may be seen to end blindly in a slight bulbous 

 exj^ansion which contains a scolex. Tho tube, in fact, is 



