I 15 



June 9, 



Di Qi ] p.B.8 \r in U .,• Char. 



Tin- following |,;i|,, r~ u. re n.i.l : — 



I On ihi llfATOMI "i \ m H BfBCIBS Ol PBNTASTOM A FOUND 



in mi l.i m. wi. \iit-\( 01 ^ EGYPTIAN COBBA. H^ 



ik. i Bablby, mi». 1 I 8., oi Dniybbbity Collmb, 



I. IIS III1N 



\ PI \l.\ I . \I.\ II 



I tlio opportunity of « 1 i — fine specimen 



• •t Bntosoon, which, u far n^ I am aware, ie in entirely new end m> 

 described i brief description of it< anatomy mai perhBpe 



prore int eresting to the members ofth< 3 



The worm which I am aboul to describe «n> foand in the luni 

 the Egyptian Cobra, \ l! me for examination 



bj I', w \l tcl '■■ I j ! « - fori uiiiitc enough to obtain (bar 

 . nearly all of equal rise, from the same animal. Ihey 

 ire from i t" 5 inches in length, and horn .*• to s lines in cir- 

 cumference. In external charaeten the] seem to r e s em ble an Bn> 

 ii found in the lung of s Cobra bi Dr. Crisp, ■ ihorl < 1 1 »«t i j i- 

 linn of which «ai given in the Proceedrngi of the Bociety f""r i- 



0, _'_'. \uniil. pi. SO. ti lt- 7, liy Dr. llnir.l j who Spoke of it ax an 1111- 

 (1 escribed species "t Pentastoma, andgareil the oami r/osM 



annmlatum. \h. Baird'i description "t" the rptriwffli i-, bowi 

 v. r\ ihort, ami unfortunately incomplete, in c ons equence of lii> 

 baring seen only ■ imall ipecimen, and thai eTen imperfectly, on ac- 

 oounl of the must bnportani fact) the bead remaining imbedded, and 

 bidden from riew in the lung "t" the make. I thmi it probable, 

 bowerer, thai tin- annnal which be described I the name 



I i obtained specimens of. 



'Tnal charnrti-r*. 



Tin thecnt o soon is of a white colour, elongnted, c\ lindricaJ 



ami itrongh ringed (PI. XLVI. fig. I). It 1" gins with % round obtuse 

 , attached to the tmnk bra short - eek. The 



bodi then gradually widens roe the firsl three linea, whes 



in the la i i ir< um- 



•i.l from ben within n t ■■ lodal 



mity, continues of nearly the same dianx U r !'•• m tin- poinl 

 ilarly narrower thi . t.i the i 



rior end, w hii h trrminati 



of the same diameter a- the bead The run;* which 

 mentioned, ren itrongly marked, comment 

 pari I. an. i rot the firsl three or four lines, graduaHi in- 



