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preserved material, it might easily be supposed that this species 

 was characterised by the absence of a neck. Such a mistake may 

 have been made with other species. 



Text-fig. 21. 



Two examples of Otiditeenia eupodotidis difFei-ing slightly in progressive 

 increase of size of proglottids. 



The general character of the segmentation and the form of the 

 individual proglottids is shown in text-figure 21, which represents 

 two individuals which are slightly difierent in these characters. 

 In one of them the segments increase in length more rapidly than 

 in the other; but in neither are the posterior segments longer 

 than they are broad. Nor do they even get to be so long, except 

 in the case of the detached proglottids. As the segments advance 

 towards maturity the projection of one segment over that which 

 follows is seen to be more marked, and it forms quite a sharp-edged 

 frill, as is shown in the drawings referred to, The completely 



