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386  MR.  R.  OWEN  ON  A  NEW  SPECIES  OF  TAPE-WORM. 
TiENIA  LAMELLIGERA. 
Tan.  incrassata,  capite  subgloboso ;  rostello  cylindrico  obtuso ;  collo  nullo ;  articulis  bre- 
vissimis,  marginibus  lateralibus  dilatatis,  rotundatis,  utrinque  parum  extantibus ;  su- 
perficie  utrdque  lined  longitudinali  leviter  impressd;  lemniscis  lateralibus  oppositis. 
Longitude  corporis,  7  unc. ;  latitudo,  5  lin ;  crassities,  1  lin. 
Hab.  in  Phcenicopteri  rubri  intestinis  tenuibus. 
PLATE  XLL 
Figg.  21  to  23.  TAENIA  LAMELLIGERA. 
Fig.  21.  T(Bnia  lamelligera,  natural  size. 
22.  Four  segments  of  the  same  magnified. 
23.  A  longitudinal  section  of  three  posterior  segments,  showing  the  ova  collected 
near  the  base  of  the  lemniscus. 
