421 On a remarhahle Cysticerciis //owi a Dulplnn. 



As reo-ards the long neck of tlie cysticercus, it would 

 appear to be one of those apparently useless structures so 

 frequently met with in the animal Icinodom, of whicii no 

 satisfactory explanation is forthcomiiior. As Moniez remarks : 

 '' Tout ce developpement se fait en pure ])erte, car il est bien 

 impossible que la tfite du Tenia puisne sc devaginer." In all 

 probability all but the portion surrounding the scolex is 

 thi-own off and lost when the animal finds its way into its 

 iinal host. 



Tiie host of the Cysticercns Tamite Grimaldii, Moniez, 

 though its specific name is not given, would appear to have 

 been the common dolphin (^Delp'iians (lelph'ts), as was also 

 the host of Gervais's Stenota'.nia delphini. Tlie worm is now 

 recordid for the Hrst time iu Lajenorhtjnchus. 



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