Coss—Vematodes, mostly Australian and Fijian. 275 
as follows: lateral, two pairs opposite the spicula, one opposite the anterior part, the 
other opposite the posterior part ; two pairs submedian close together opposite the 
anus ; three pairs, two submedian and one lateral, just behind the middle of the wide 
portion of the tail ; one pair lateral near the end of the wide part of the tail ; spicula 
very slender, one and one-half times as long as the anal body-diameter ; accessory 
pieces none (?). 
Ffab.—F ound in dung, Germany. 
. : “4 : U4 39° 20" 2) 77-5 . 
15. D. inermis, Biitschli. 73-7 mm. Female only known. Neck conoid; 
head truncate ; cephalic sete six, very short; lips six, large, broad and flat; pharynx 
one-half as wide as the head, eylindroid, one-half as deep as wide, with three teeth at 
base not well developed ; the three bulbs of equal diameter and the median bulb 
central ; intestine at once twice as wide as the bulbs, separated from the cesophagus 
by a distinct constriction. 
ffab.—Found on roots of garlic which had been attacked by insect larve, 
Germany. 
16. D. similis, Biitschli. };}}f 12mm. Head rounded-truneate ; cephalic sete 
six, broad and extremely short ; lips indistinct ; pharynx longitudinally striated, half 
as wide as the head, half as deep as wide, with three teeth at the base, the dorsal one 
somewhat larger; eggs ‘05mm. long. A young male gave the following dimensions : 
eos tm Tail contracting but little at first, but behind its middle point 
becoming conoid suddenly, narrows to a breadth not greater than that of the spicula, 
and continues thence narrow and conical to the hair-fine terminus ; pre-anal setiforin 
papillze as follows : one pair submedian just in front of the spicula ; one pair submedian 
opposite the middle of the spicula. Post-anal papillze as follows : two pairs dorsal 
submedian, one near middle of wide anterior part of the tail (these are perhaps the 
pores), the other where the tail narrows suddenly; three lateral pairs closely 
approximated just in front of the pair last mentioned; one ventrally submedian 
setiform pair somewhat behind the anus; one subventral pair close to anus, not 
setiform ; spicula one-sixth as broad as long, rather blunt, nearly straight, equalling 
the anal body-diameter in length ; accessory pieces two-thirds as long as the spicula. 
Hab.— Unknown to me. 
: - 2 (? ? “4°50” 3 c . 
17. D. longicauda, Claus. jg¢-7-7-—ss-7 1mm. Cuticle transversely striated ; 
head truncate ; cephalic sete six, very short; lips six, distinct, rounded ; pharynx 
eylindroid, half as long as the head is wide, and as deep as wide, its walls divided into 
anterior and posterior parts composed of distinct pieces; teeth three, at the base of 
the pharynx, constantly clapping together ; lateral fields broad; eggs ‘054 mm. long. 
2° (7 ? 154 M = 83: : . ° . ayes 
ey 7753-36 1mm. Male tail convex-conoid to in front of the middle, where it is 


