166 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



5, — Physaloptera hrevispiculwn^ n.sp. 

 PI. I., fig. 4. 



From stomach of Fclis riihiginosa, Geoffr. ; Kandy. 



Cuticle finely annulate ; head end with a thickened cuticiilar 

 collar from which two round lips protrude, each of wliich carries 

 three small peaks at the summit : at the tail end there is a simi- 

 lar prseputium-like cuticular ring from which the tail emerges; 

 oesophagus -^. 



Male, 11*1 X '90, with rounded tail -574 ; at each side of the 

 cloacal orifice four stalked papillae ; behind these four paired 

 ventral post-anal papilla, unstalked, in successive couples ; cirri 

 very short, feebly curved, •79-'81. 



Female, 11*4 x r06 ; tail conical, 2^ ; 6ggs thick-shelled, 

 •036 X -031. 



P. prceputialis, v. Linst., which occurs in Felts catus in Brazil, 

 has a similar caudal sheath with a body length of 21-30 mm. 



6. — Spiroptera secretoria, n.sp. 

 PI. I., fig. 5. 



From oesophagus and stomach of Plotus melanogaster, L. ; 

 Wirawila ; in company with Ascaris sjnciUigera. 



Dimensions up to 32 x 1*6, but all specimens immature ; both 

 ends strongly attenuated ; cuticle annulate ; some are larvae in 

 process of exuviation. At the head a dorsally placed obtusely 

 conical papilla ; in a circle behind this are six roundish papillae, 

 and behind these in the submedian lines four truncate papillae 

 with a very small one at the inner side. Alongside the 

 oesophagus runs a long gland containing a long granular 

 secretion often projecting through the orifice which lies close 

 behind the papillae. Tail short ' with small finger-shaped 

 appendix ; lateral lines strongly developed, one-fifth of the 

 diameter of the body, enclosing a lateral canal. 



7. — Spiroptera orca, n.sp. 

 PL I., figs. 6-8. 

 From stomach of Manis pentadactyla, L. ; Horana. 

 Cuticle annulate ; head with two large lips placed dorsal and 

 ventral, expanded in front; behind these in the submedian lines 

 four finger-shaped procumbent processes. 



The mouth leads into a vestibule, '2 mm. long ; oesophagus 

 in the male ^, in the female ^ ; coarse cuticular rings "053 

 apart, fine rings '0054 mm. apart. 



