NO. 2131. 



NEMATODE PARASITES OF RODENTS— HALL. 



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Localities.— VniteQl States, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Tunis. 



This species was reported from a rodent for the first time by 

 Seurat (1913), who reports it from the gundi, Gtenodactylus gundi, 

 in Tunis, listing it as N. flicoUis. A comparison of Seurat's figures 



Figs. 169-171.— Nematodbrus spathiger. 169, Posterior extremity of male, lateral vie-w. Let- 

 tering as in fig. 168. X 150. After Ransom, 1911. 170, Posterior extremity of female, lat- 

 eral view, an., Anus; in?., intestine;- ou., ovary. X 150. After Ransom, 1911. 171, Body of 



FEMALE IN REGION OF VULVA, LATERAL VIEW. 6, EGG; int., INTESTINE; ovij. 1, TERMINAL PORTION OP 



ovijector; ovij. 2, sphincter of ovijector; ovij. 3,non-muscular portion of ovijector; vmZ., vulva. 

 X 150. After Ransom, 1911. 



with those of N. flicollis given by Boulenger (1915) and those of 

 N. -fllicolUs given by Ransom (1911), which latter Boulenger and also 

 Eailliet and Henry (1912r') regard as N. simthiger, indicates that 

 Seurat's species is N. S2)athiger, as Seurat suspected it might be. 



