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and it is suggested in van JJeneden's fig. 2, PL III.* 

 Olssont (Tab. I, fig. 15) also represents it very clearly and 

 ascribes the condition to the real cause. [" Bulbus apice 

 cxpanso (forma singularis floribus Eosarum similisj."] 



Eig. 8 represents views of the scolex of an 

 K. udriahile, the anterior aspect of the rnyzorhynchus on 

 the right and the posterior aspect on the left, the neck 

 being bent at a right angle to the scolex. The rnyzo- 

 rhynchus is nearly round in surface view and it is flattened 



Fig. 8. Eckeneibothrium variabile, van Beneden : the left-hand figure 



represents a view of the scolex from beneath, on the right the scolex 



is seen from its anterior surface. Mag. about 35 dia. 



greatly to form a disc ; from this aspect the bothridia were 

 quite invisible. On the anterior surface of the rnyzo- 

 rhynchus were one central and six radially arranged lobes. 

 These structures are very distinct and are raised up from 

 the surface of the scolex, so that they can be seen when the 

 latter is looked at from the side. Jhit they are not free from 

 the rnyzorhynchus, not even at their apices and in some 

 cases the sulci between them are very shallow. In yet 



* Loc. cil. 



t Acta Unvoers. Lundensis; Lunds Univers. Aarskrift ^V1865; 

 Afd. Math.-Natur. IV. Lund., 1866-7. 



