CCENURITS. 



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searches have, I beheve, been confirmed in our own country by 

 Mr. John Gamgee. Be that as it may, sheep fed with the proglot- 

 tides of Tcenia coenurus get Coenuri in their brains, and dogs fed 

 with the latter get the former developed in their intestines. 



The Coenuri which I obtained (December 30, 1857) from the 



Fia. 25. — Coenurus ; from a Eing-tailed Lemur {Lemur maco) ; 1, a colony (natural size) ; 

 2, section of a small lobule (x 20 diam.) ; 3, scolex, or futm-e tapeworm-liead (X 40 diam.) ; 

 4, hooks (X 260 diam.).— Original. 



ring-tailed Lemur of Madagascar are clearly referable to another 

 species of tapeworm, which is probably altogether unknown to 

 science. They occurred in great numbers throughout the sub- 

 stance of the liver, and more particularly, also, in the lungs on both 



