TMNIA PHILIPPINA 



615 



mature uterus consists of a median portion with fifteen to twenty- 

 four non- ramified lateral branches. ^ 



The embryophore is thick, with radial markings, round or oval 

 (39 by 33 /^). 



Life-History. — -The life-history is not known, but it is suggested 

 that the cysticercus may live in Bos indicus, the hump-backed 

 cow, the flesh of which the natives of East Africa eat raw. 



Taenia (Tseniarhynehus) hominis von Linstow, 1902. 



This worm was found by Anger in a man in Aschabad in Siberia. 



The length was 70 millimetres. The scolex had a rudimentary rostellum 

 without hooks. There were four unpigmented suckers, behind which there 

 was a ring-shaped swelling. Nothing further is known about this parasite. 



TaBnia (Taeniarhynchus) philippina Garrison, 1907. 



This specimen was found by Hare in a prisoner in Bilibid Prison, 

 in the Philippine Islands, in 1905. 



Morphology. — -The length is 80 to 100 centimetres; maximum 

 breadth, i centimetre. Head cuboid, with an unarmed retractile 

 rostellum and four suckers. Neck segmental. Proglottides 

 number about 800, being sexually mature about the 470th. Mature 

 proglottides 4 to 5 millimetres in width and o-8 to i millimetre in 

 length. vSurfaces and margins extend posteriorly in an elongated 

 cuff-like projection over the succeeding segment. Testes 130 to 

 160 /bb in length, and from 60 to 80 in breadth. Vas deferens 

 without vesicula seminalis; cirrus and pouch present. Genital 

 pore situated irregularly on the lateral borders. Ovaries, with 

 two unequal transversely elongated lobes, close against the vitello- 

 gene gland. Vagina without setae and with two coils. Uterus 

 stem with a V-shaped course posteriorly, and with four to six 

 distinct coils anteriorly. Mature uterus very compact, with a 

 median stem and numerous long, slender dichotomous branches. 



Embryophore oval, 35 to 41 ^ long, and 26 to 35 /j. broad. 



Life-Cycle.— Life-history not known. 



Taenia (?) eonfusa Ward, 1896. 



This worm has so far only been found in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. 



Morphology. — Length about 8^ metres, breadth 5 millimetres, scolex 

 unknown. Segments much longer than they are broad, 27 to 35 millimetres 

 long by 3 '5 to 5 millimetres broad. Genital pore irregularly placed behind the 

 middle of the lateral border. Testes numerous, vas deferens not much coiled, 

 cirrus pouch thick- walled. Cirrus beset with little hairs. Receptaculum 

 seminis globular; ovary small and double, bean-shaped, Vitellogene gland 

 narrow and triangular; shell gland globular. Uterus, when mature, consists 

 of a median trunk, and fourteen to eighteen short dichotomous branches on 

 each side. Embryophores are oval, thick, and striated (39 by 30 jn). 



Life-Cycle. — Nothing is known. 



Taenia (?) bremneri Stephens, 1907. 

 This worm was found by Dr. Bremner in a Fullani woman in 

 Northern Nigeria. 



Morphology. — ^The head is not known. The segments examined 



