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Genus BELASCARIS Leiper, 1907 



BELASCARIS CATI (Schrank, 1788) 



Host. — Panther {Felis, species). 

 Location. — Intestine. 



Genus PORROCAECUM Railliet and Henry, 1912 



Host. — " Crabier," a species of heron. 



Zocrtifion.— Esophagus, stomach, intestine. 



More than one species of Porrocaecum is present in the lot. 



Family HETERAKIDAE 



Genus HETERAKIS Dujardin, 1845 



HETERAKIS BERAMPORIA Lane, 1914 



Host. — Gallus domesticus. 



Location. — Cecum. 



This species was described from the cecum of the domestic fowl 

 at Berhampore, Bengal, India. It was also found by the present 

 writer to be a common parasite of chickens in the Philippine Islands, 

 often living in association with a related species {HeteraMs galli- 

 nae^=H. papiUosa) from which it may be differentiated by its smaller 

 size and by the fact that its spicules are considerably shorter and 

 nearly equal in length. 



The present writer also found that the larvae of this parasite 

 occur in nodules that are located in the wall of the cecum, princi- 

 pally in the submucosa. 



It may be noted in tliis connection that Travassos (1920) includes 

 the Heterakidae, from which he excludes the genus Ascandia^ with 

 the Oxyuroidea, largely on the basis of the esophageal bulb. 



Genus ASCARIDIA Dujardin, 1845 



ASCARIDIA LINEATA (Schneider, 1866) 



Hosts. — Gallus domesticus, Anser domesticus. 



Location. — Intestine. 



This species was described from Brazil from the intestine of Gallus 

 domesticus. Von Linstow (1883) records this species from the same 

 host in Turkestan. Travassos (1913) describes Ascaris Uri^ata from 

 the common fowl in Brazil, the type locality of this species, and 

 records the length of the spicules as 1.4 mm. This species has also 

 been recorded from the Belgian Congo and from Europe. 

 Recently Boulenger (1923) records this species from Zanzibar, 

 having found a single specimen (male) in the stomach of the 

 domestic fowl. Boulenger calls attention to the fact that 

 the figures of different authors do not agree in all details as 



