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HYMEN OIEPIS DIMINUTA" (Rudolphi, 1819) R. Blanchard, 1891. 



[Pigs. 25 to 30.] 



Specific diagnosis.— ffi/mmoZepis; Strobila 10 to 60 millimeters in length, 2.5 to 4 

 millimeters in maximum breadth; composed of 800 to 1,300 segments. Head small, 

 almost globular; 200 to 6OO/1 in width; rostellum rudimentary, pyriform, only slightly 



Fig. 26. — Head and ante- 

 rior portion ot H. dimi- 

 nuta from tlie rat. En- 

 larged. (After Zscliokke, 

 1889, pi. 1, flg. 21.) 



Fig. 25.— Strobila of Hymenolepis dlminuta. 

 Natural size. (After Grass!, 1881, pi. 11, flg. 1.) 



"Synonyms. — Tsenia diminuta Rudolphi, 1819; T. leptocephala Creplin, 1825; 

 Jlymenolepis flavopunctata Weinland, 1858; Tsenia {Hymenolepis) flavopunctata Wein« 



