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groups of eggs which correspond to the thinner strings of eggs 

 in proglottids which are viewed as solid objects rendered trans- 

 parent by glycerine. These groups vary in size, but it would 

 appear that they are imbedded in the parenchyma of the medul- 

 lary region and are not contained in cavities — that, in fact, there 



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JMoploteenia dasyurl, transverse section through ripe proglottid. 

 0., ova, contained in uterus (C.); O^, eggs scattered through parenchyma. 



is no uterus here at all. It may, of course, have been present 

 and have disappeared. In intermediate proglottids the uterus 

 forms a series of cavities which apparently intercommunicate and 

 thus constitute a network. In these cavities the eggs are not 

 mature — at any rate, the membranes have not yet appeared. 

 This system of cavities fills up a great deal of tlie available space 



