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both series of characters and I have some difficulty in 

 referring to it either, still more in making a new species 

 distinct from both. But the name E. minimum is an old- 

 established one, is well-known, and may be adopted, on 

 the understanding that the form now described does not 

 quite display the characters connoted by it. 



About half-a-dozen of these worms were obtained 

 from Ray dissected during the fishermen's classes at Piel 

 in 1909. Evidently they are rather rare, for this is the 

 first time that they have been found. They were about 



Fig. 11. Bhinebothrium minimum (van Beneden). Two scolices : 

 A mag. about 70 dia. ; B about 27 dia. 



4 to 8 mm. in total length. There were about 12 to. 15 

 proglottides in each of the strobilae; and the largest 

 proglottis — the terminal one — was about 1*1 mm. in 

 length. The scolex was about 0*8 mm. in width and about 

 0'7 mm. in length. 



