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the Jii()r])h()l(),<iic!il roatures shown- by these two 

 female s})eciinens a])pears to the writers to possess 

 specific value. 



In the absence ol' male specimens it is impos- 

 sible to determine with certainty whether the fe- 

 male specimens of Parabronema referred to above 

 represent a new species. However, considering the 

 host from which these specimens were collected 

 and the locality in which this host occurs, we can 

 safely predict that when corresponding- male s])ec- 



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KiiiriiE 4. — PnrdhidiU'iiKi S|i.: <i, lU'ilioii of viih ii: b. posterior iiorl ion 

 of femnlo 



iniens are discovered they will be found to rep- 

 resent a species distinct from any which have been 

 described up to the present time as belonging to 

 the genus Parabroiierna. P. vndicum Baylis, 1921, 

 and P. stjiithi (Cobbold, 1882) are from the Indian 

 elephant, while P. africanum Baylis, 1921, and P. 

 rhinocerotis Khalil, 1927, described on the basis of a 

 female specimen, are frojn the rhinoceros. P. skrjabini 

 Rasowskaia, 1924, is described from horned cattle and 

 sheep in Turkestan. The present record is, therefore, 

 the first one concerning the occurrence of this genus 

 in North America. 



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