chii Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S.,-XIV, 
A description of a Cestode pene of doubtful systematic 
position, from the mesentery and liver of Hilsa. me 
T. SouTHWELL and BaINnI PRASHAD 
In this paper the authors describe a Ce stode parasite found in the- 4 
mesentery of Hilsa. Thei ne - so heavy that the mesentery becomes 
a massive liver-like organ. Thea my and develo opeatet of the parasite 
are described. The e parasite is east in having only a parthen nogeneti¢ 
method reproduc 
The syste she position of the parasite is a very anom alous : 
The aatia rs, after discussing its ‘structure te oe fo ie ‘the 
Cestodes and Trematodes, come to the conclus that i n. adult 
Cestode in which many of the adult spanned tae wecodiardl masked 
owing to depisiarald on. 
in Cestodes—By T. SourHwExt and Batnt PRASHAD, ‘ 
authors, in this paper, discuss the various methods of asexual — 
“a aieanlnaetts reproduction found amongst larval and adult 
todes, 
On methods of asexual and parthenogenetic reproduction — : 
INI PR 
1. Internal pe etc from the wall of the cysticercoid larval 
stage, as exhibited in Polyc , Coenurus, etc. 
2 enous suading as as shown in Willey’s Merocercus and the 
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g as Sraxtinnied in larval stages of tapeworms 
like Staphylocyste, 
Par iabonsaanntic reproduction in an adult tapeworm. 
The daleateous glands of earthworms. —By J. — 
and este PRASHAD. 
dive coed, more or ie Seng ics tad: of the a ae : 
Co ts ult, working on the Lumbricidae, has seen reason for 
the epithelium of the lamellae of the glands adage ts the w 
vessels of these very vascular structures,—in this following 
m igin. In & later 
er, t 
ati moe Aerived, Since the view that the glands are 
nm up in a recent elementary text book, it seems 
jeartl aienie bein among the types studied by all Ra) 
combat this, in the view of the authors,’ erroneous i they 
The glands have been examined in Eutyphoeus, in whieh genus © 
number of other In es lusion is that, 
y ‘ the various degrees of cornplexity of the glance . 
increasing degrees of c complexity of os of the epithebe i 
Bu sophagus, and t that their epithelium is therefore hypob 
uch embryological evidence as is at the command of the 
onfirms this view, 
The lymph glands in the genus Pheretima, ee” 
atin — organ of Beddard and Fedar 
Our present knowledge of the lymph glands in the genus PR 
is due to Beddard and Schnes ider. ° the first of these authors noel 
