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observed is, for the most part, confirmatory of the statements 

 made by Mr. Busk. In particular, his brief account of the posi- 

 tion and character of the digestive organs was not only confirmed 

 by my earlier examinations, but is now reverified. In the repre- 

 sentation given in my ' Introduction ' I showed in dotted outline 

 two large organs which I supposed to be the testes. I distinctly 

 observed radiating lines proceeding from each of these masses ; but 

 I could not discover the slightest trace of any limiting border to 



Disfoma crassum, Busk. 



a, oral sucker; b, digestiye tube ; c, ctecal eucT of the same; d, reprodiictive 

 papilla ; c, central uterine duct ; f, lateral process or fold of tbe same ; g, vitel- 

 ligene gland ; h, diverticulum ; i. ovary ; _/, probable shell-gland ; Jc, testis and 

 seminal ducts. Magnified twice the natui-al size. 



