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BULLETIN 140, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Female 42 mm. long by 1.58 mm. wide. Tail conical, 1/42 of total 

 length. Vulva somewhat anterior to middle of body, dividing the 

 body length in ratio of 3 : 4. Eggs oval, 96/x long by 57/x wide, with 

 thick shells. 



Life history. — Probably similar to that of A. galli (p. 82). 



Distribution. — Europe (Prussia (Friedland) ). 



ASCARIDIA NUMIDAE (Leiper, 1908) Travassos, 1913 



Synonyms. — Heterahis numidae Leiper, 1908; Heterakis calcarata 

 Gendre, 1909. 



Host. — Numida meleagris, N. ptilorhyncha, N. papillosa trans- 

 vaalensis. 



Location. — Small intestine and ceca. 



Morphology. — Ascaridia (p. 77) : Very similar to A. columbae 

 (p. 86). Body white, without lateral membranes. Three strong, 



/JJ. 



Figs. 133-135. — 133, Ascaridia magalhaesi. Male tail. After Tkavassos, 1913. 134, 

 ascaridia magnipapilla. c, head ; 6, male tail. after llnstow, 1906. 135, 

 Ascaridia ndmidae. Male tail. After Gendre, 1909 



equal lips, each having 3 lobes, of which the median is the larger, 

 and bearing a papilla where the median lobe joins each of the 

 smaller lateral lobes. Esophagus without bulb. 



Male 19.4 to 35 mm. long by 720 to 880/* wide. Tail end (fig. 135) 

 terminates in a conical bent point resembling a spur. The cloacal 

 aperture is on a comparatively high prominence. There are 2 nar' 

 row caudal membranes. The sucker has strong cutinous (chitinous) 

 walls, interrupted by a papilla on the posterior rim. There are 10 

 pairs of caudal papillae; 1 pair is immediately posterior of the 

 sucker, 1 pair about half way between the sucker and the cloacal 

 aperture, 2 pairs of smaller papillae near the cloacal aperture, 3 



