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BULLETIN 140, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



or 335ya anterior to posterior end of esophagus. Ovejector (fig. 258) 

 tubular, elongated (3 mm. long), directed anteriorly. Uteri diver- 

 gent. 



Life history. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Africa (Bou-Saada, Algeria). 



Fig. 257. — Hadjelia lhuillieri. a, Head end, lateral view ; b, head, dorsal view. 



After Seurat, 1916 



HADJELIA INERMIS (Gedoelst, 1919) Gendre, 1922 



Synonym. — Gilsonia inermis Gedoelst, 1919. 



Hosts. — Primary : Buchanga atra, var. assimilis, Cranorrhinus cor- 

 rugatus, Halcyon chelicutensis, Irrisor erythrorhynchus, Lophoceros 

 semifasciatus, Oriolus auratus, Terpsiphone, species ; secondary : Un- 

 known. 



Location. — In mucosa of gizzard. 



Fig. 258. — Hadjelia lhuillieri. Vulva and ovejectok. Aftee Seurat, 1916 



Morphology. — Hadjelia (p. 187) : Buccal cavity not cylindrical 

 but elliptical, its Jong axis being dorso-ventral. 



Male 6.1 to 6.7 mm, long by 140 to 160/* wide. Buccal cavity 45 

 to 55ft, esophagus 2 mm. long. Cloacal aperture 120tt from posterior 

 end. Caudal extremity tightly curled; ventral surface covered with 

 longitudinal ridges, extending from the anterior end of the caudal 

 alae to the position of a transverse fold of cuticle near the posterior 

 end. Transverse fold obscures a pair of subterminal papillae (fig. 

 259 a and b). Spicules unequal, the left (fig. 259c) 1.6 to 2.1 mm. 

 long, the right (fig. 259rf) 200 to 280 /Jt loner. 



