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BULLETIN 140, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Hosts. — Primary: Giconia alba, G. a. asiatica, G. cicoivia and G. 

 maguari. Linstow has also reported this species from the snake, 

 Tropidonotus hydras. Secondary : Unknown. 



Location. — Esophagus, proventriculus, and gizzard. 



Morphology. — Gyrnea (p. 166) : Blood-red in color. Sensory pap- 

 illae far posterior to nerve ring. The lateral lips (fig. 240a and b) 

 divided on their inner surface into 3 lobes ending in a tooth. Dorsal 

 and ventral lips have 2 large papillae at their base. 



Male 16.5 mm. long by 600> wide. Tail (fig. 240d) straight. Six 

 pairs of caudal papillae, of which 4 are preanal ; in addition a large 



Fig. 239. — Cyhnea euryckrca. a, Female tail, showing ovejector ; b, male tail ; 



C, MALE (LENGTH 7.6 MM) ; (l. LATERAL VIEW; I', VENTRAL VIEW OF HEAD. AFTER 

 SHURAT, 1914 



sessile unpaired papilla on anterior edge of cloacal aperture. Spic- 

 ules unequal, the left 2.4 mm., the right 620/x long. Gorgeret present. 



Female 19 to 26 mm. long by 670/j, wide (fig. 240c). Tail short 

 (300^). Vulva not salient, little visible, immediately in front of 

 middle of body. Vestibule 1.6 mm. long, sphincter 800,u long. Eggs 

 42/x long by 2Lu, wide. 



Life history. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — South America (Brazil), Africa (Algeria), and 

 Asia (Turkestan). 



CYRNEA COLINI, new species 



Hosts. — Primary : Golinus virginianus ; secondary : Unknown. 

 Location. — In wall of proventriculus, at its junction with gizzard. 

 Morphology. — Gyrnea (p. 166) : Head with 4 lips. Dorsal and 

 ventral lips prominent, deeply divided into 2 parts in such a manner 



