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closely. But the most interesting thing in the wholeMemoir is the description of a new worm, from which itappears that Rolando had already observed Monostomumfaba. He found this worai by pairs in tubercles the sizeof peas, with which the cutis of a Starling w r as beset all over.The figures which he has given of two of these worms, whichhe referred to Globularia, resemble in all respects thedrawings published by Creplin in these Archives. (Year 5,Bd. I.) The two intestinal sacculi, the uterus, the oviducts,and the ovaries (dotterstocke) are distinctly recognisable,but it must be confessed that Rolando has himself given anincorrect explanation of them.