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believed to be (llioiigh perhnps hardly now) in certain other tape- 

 worms. Or. on the contrary, we may haA'o here a feebly developed 

 heail like that of Lignhx. Hut the sjre.at breadth of the body of 

 the present worm is not perhaps in favour of such a su}>position. 

 Had there been a very narrow anterior neek. S(nue suggestion of 

 this kind might have been put forwai'd. Anyhow, the general 

 eharaeters of the anterior region of the body of this Cestode ai'e 

 as described above. AVe shall recur to their more minute anatomy 



Text-fisi-. 113. 



Tlio upper tisimv vopivsoiits the oiitiiv asoxiuU fonn of Uroe^vstidiiim ffemmifiarum 

 onliii-goil bv about ono-thivd. The lowor tiguro is the posterior eiul of tho Siiiue 

 iudividuul nuire luaguitieil. For explanation see text. 



later. Fi'om this point to the extreme posterior end are verj' 

 many proglottids. They are very short and wide, and do not 

 appear to ditier very appi-eciably in length in ditierent regions of 

 the body. The greatest diameter is something like 4 mm. This 

 is at and towards the posterior end of the body. Quite anteriorlv, 

 the diameter is not more than --."i mm. The length of the entii-e 

 worm is aboiU 80 nun. : the small }>osterior bladder is .'i mm. loni;- 



