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BULLETIN 140, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



The present writer is able to add the following description, based 

 on the American material: esophageal appendix short, its length 

 equal to 1/6 that of the esophagus (fig. 223) ; intestinal cecum large, 

 extending anteriorly for 2/3 to 3/4 the length of the esophagus. Male 

 15 to 20 mm. long by 950/* wide. In a specimen 18 mm. long, esopha- 

 gus 2.7 mm., esophageal appendix 440//,, intestinal cecum 2.1 mm. 

 long. Spicules 5.1 mm. long. Tail short, the cloacal aperture being 

 about 175/* from posterior end of body. Female 20 to 30 mm. long 

 by 1.2 mm. wide. In a specimen 23 mm. long, esophagus 3.1 mm., 

 esophageal appendix 500/*, intestinal cecum 2 mm. long. Vulva 1/4 

 of body length from anterior end. Eggs 58/* by 54/*. 



Fig. 223-224. — Contracabcum micropapii.latum. 223, Anterior end (dis- 

 sected). Original. 224. a, Male tail; b, lip and interlabia. After 

 Stossich, 1890 



]Jfe history. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Europe (Jugoslavia (Semlin) and Herzegovina 

 (Narenta River)) and United States (Texas and New York). 



The writer is indebted to Dr. E. W. Price, formerly of College Sta- 

 tion, Texas, for the specimens described above from P. enjthrorhyn- 

 chos. 



CONTRACAECUM MULTIPAPILLATUM (Drasche, 1882) Baylia, 1920b 



Synonyms. — Ascaris viultipapiUata Drasche, 1882 (1883«) Con- 

 tracaecvm ?rmltipapi?losa (Drasche, 1882) Skrjabin, 1916 (evidently 

 a misspelling). 



Hosts. — Ardea, species and Tantalus loeulator. 



Location. — Esophagus and proventriculus. 



