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kind of animal a second or intermediate host in order 

 that the embryo may be enabled to enter the next phase of 

 its life-history. In the case of some tape-worms, this second 

 or intermediate host is, like the first or permanent host, a 

 vertebrate animal : in the case of others it is some inver- 



FIG. 77. Development of Tape-worm. A, hexacanth embryo; B, Proscolex of 

 Tania saginata; C-E, stages in the formation of the scolex of the same; C, 

 thf invagination before the hooks and suckers have become developed; D, after 

 thv, appearance of the hooks and suckers; E, partly evaginated; F, fully 

 evaginated scolex of T. solium with caudal vesicle; G, scolex of T. serrata 

 with the remains of the vesicle; H, young tape- worm of T. serrata. (After 

 Leuckart.) 



tebrate animal such as an earth-worm, a centipede, or an 

 insect. This transference of the hexacanth embryo to the 

 second host is a passive migration, not an active one, as in 



