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and *he wall & little thicker. Its direction after entering the body 
wall i nr o v ntr d. 
At 9.0 ok. (Fig. ft). tte rorud ligament ir thiokoni). h in the 
abdomen of the fersale rore than in fh» 10.0 oas. rale (Fig. 17). Its 
dirooticn is SMBdad -oro than wenirad in the body wall, vise aaccuo 
depth has not incrsasoJ materially, a nci the ligament thickens inside 
it at the a awe rate na in the abdowen. In the 10.0 oa. pal© the. liga¬ 
ment is tninner than in the ferule, »nd tighter stretched and straighter. 
The aaoous is ineospi te in the propartation , but is vary such longer 
and deeper thi - in the female »v*n thou h inoonpl te. she i uberneotil un 
extendi: down its sail, but, the direction la acre vsnirad than in the 
female. 
In the lb.O cm. feral© (Fig. 9), & mark'd ohange i? eviaent. 
The round 1 iganeirt in the abdomen is noon broader and thicker than ia 
earlier stages* am the cavity of the aaccus is relatively end probably 
actually ancrtor than in t • on* stage, but its vail ia tb id 
its direotion ia still lateral, eno caudal, not ventral. The genital 
cord has taken a decided ventral loop in the regior Jv t anterior to 
the attachment of the round ligament. Che widening of the peiv.e, 
rapid growth of fha uterine horns, anterior to the attachment of the 
ligament, the retreat of the f orad, end the failure of the seccus 
va^lxutlls to p not.rate tho inguinal ccnal, bav^ contributed to keep 
the growth of the ligament, ell in the abdomen. Tn tho lo.O as* oa.e 
(not figured) the -ubernaculua extends alnoct directly froe tire nuen 
reduced genital cord tc tho body wall as a thinner flap than in the 
fenale. It is inolua^i rolled up in the inguinal canal, and instead 
of becoming solid, as in the fenale, *he suocus ©xtorids ventrally and 
caudally aa a long narrow pocket with the ubermte ’loa folded inside 
it am attached to itc dorsal wall by a sessnt^ry. the ventral margin 
of the gubernacnlu* is thickened, apparently paralleling the thicksniag 
