TRICOCEPHALUS. Class VI. 



GENUS II. TRICOCEPHALUS. 



Body round, variously twisted, thickest in front. 



furnished with a slender proboscis. 

 Tail long, capillary, tapering to a point. 



1, HoMlNiS Ttirton Br. Faun. 126. Lond. Med. Soc. v. i. 3. 



[Tr. body of a pale color, crenate above, smooth 

 underneath, two inches long ; head obtuse, fur- 

 nished w ith a proboscis, which it can protrude 

 and draw in at pleasure; tail or thinner part 

 twice the length of the body. 

 In the human intestines. 



2. Equi. Tnrton Br. Faun. 126. Gozee Eingev. l\8. t. 6./. 8» 



[Tr. resembles the last, but rather longer. 

 In the intestines of the horse. Ed. 



