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BULLETIN 140, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Male 7.5 mm. long by 200/z wide. Tail (fig. 305) loosely rolled in 

 spiral. Caudal alae long and wide. Four pairs of pedunculated 

 preanal and 7 pairs of postanal papillae. 



Female 13 to 16 mm. long by 300/* wide. 



Gendre (1920a), on the basis of Molin's description of the cordons 

 as recurrent, states that this species belongs in Dispharynx and not 

 in C heilospirura, to which it had been assigned by Kailliet, Henry, 

 and Sisoff. 



Figs. 304-306. — 304, Dispharynx laplantei. Ovejector. After Seurat, 

 1919. 305, Dispharynx magnilabiata. Male tail. After Drasche, 

 1884. 306, Dispharynx noctuae. a, Vulva ; 6, anterior end, dorsal 

 view; c, female; d, anterior end, lateral view; e, ovejector and 

 vulva. After Seurat, 1913 



Life history. — Unknown; probably involves intermediate stages 

 in other hosts. 

 Distribution. — South America (Brazil). 



DISPHARYNX NOCTUAE (Seurat, 1913a) Stiles and Hassall, 1920 



Synonym. — A cuaria noctuae Seurat, 1913; Acuarid {Dispharynx) 

 noctuae Seurat, 1913a, 



Hosts. — Primary : Carine noctua glaux ; secondary : Unknown. 



Location. — Esophagus. 



Morphology.— Dispharynx (p. 237) : Mouth (fig. 306& and d) with 

 2 triangular lateral lips, each bearing a large papilla at the base. 

 Buccal cavity or pharynx narrow and remarkably long. Cervical 

 papillae posterior to cordons. 



