000 DR. F. E. BEDDARD ON 



The examination of more than one series of sections has shown 

 me that, in the species of Inermicapsifer which forms the subject 

 of the present communication, the commencement of the forma- 

 tion of the uterus is in many respects different from that of 

 Inermicapsifer hyracis as described by Janicki and of Thysano- 

 tcenia gamhiana as described by myself. The earliest stages that 



1 have observed are perhaps best seen in horizontal sections, 

 though I have also observed them in transverse sections. In 

 horizontal sections, such as is represented in text-fig. 74, the 

 ovary lies in the middle of the segment from before behind and 

 extends some way towards the middle of the segment from right 

 to left. The oviduct with its numerous branches, which has been 



Text-fig. 75. Text-fig. 76. 







Text-fig. 75. — A portion of the medullary parenchyma of Inermicapsifer capensis, 

 showing centrally a condensation of tissue which is connected with the 

 rudimentary uterus. 



Text-fig. 76. — A portion of the ovary of the same species with eggs (o.) detached 

 from the ovary and lying in the parenchyma, and a portion of the 

 network of tissue (x.) which may possibly represent the uterus. 



already described, is seen to be prolonged into an extension not 

 distinguishable from it, which runs for a little way into the 

 medullary parenchyma towards the median point of the proglottid. 

 It is quite short, and ends more or less abruptly in a strand of 

 condensed parenchymal tissue, which is apt to be branched, 

 sending out shorter strands of a similar appearance in an oblique 

 direction. Some of these ceased after a short course. In neigh- 

 boviring regions of the proglottid (text-figs. 75 and 76) thei'e were 

 patches or "rather strand-like parts of the medullary parenchyma 



