164 



BULLETIN 120, 



Fig. 132. — Cbpbdea cantabriobnsis, feom Rana 



CANTABniGKNSIS, X 460 DIAMETEKS. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



parison Avith the considerably 

 flattened G. madagascariensis^ 

 but has, in general, a broader 

 body form and larger nuclei, 

 mostly ellipsoidal instead of 

 spherical. 



Cepedea cantahrigensis^ 

 United States National Mu- 

 seum Cat. No. 16553 (Fig.132). 



Loxiger forms with shorter 

 cilia and slightly smaller nu- 

 clei are seen in Rana canta- 

 hrigensis^ United States Na- 

 tional Museum specimen No. 

 3975, 38 mm. long, from Eapid 

 River, Minnesota, August 9, 

 1894; A. J. Woolman, col- 

 lector. 



Measurements of a good- 

 sized individual. — Length of 

 body 0.41 mm. ; width of body 

 0.0946 mm. ; thiclaiess of body 

 0.0278 mm. 



Cepedea cantahrigensis, 

 United States National Mu- 

 seum Cat. No. 16554. 



Still more elongated forms 

 are seen in Rana cantdbrig- 

 ensis latiremis, United States 

 National Museum specimen 

 No. 13727, 51 mm. long, from 

 Lake Alloknagik, Alaska, 

 June, 1898 ; C. L. McKay, col- 

 lector. These are very slender 

 posteriorly, many individuals 

 being sharp pointed. 



CEPEDEA MULTIFORMIS, new species 



(fig. 133). 



Type. — United States Na- 

 tional Museum Cat. No. 16527. 



Host. — Hyla alhomarginata 

 Spix, three infections, two 

 from Nicaragua, and one, the 

 type infection, from United 

 States National Museiun speci- 

 men No. 48856, 55 mm. long, 

 a female with small ovary and 

 immature eggs, from Bonito, 

 Brazil ; Branner, collector. 



