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CHARLES BADHAM 



Distribution. 



Blanchard (1896), describing members of this species collected 

 by Borelli in Paraguay and Uruguay, says : ' This species is 

 widely distributed in Central America, and has been collected 

 in Eio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Para, the basin of the Xinqu, 



Anterior end of C. joseensis from the ventral surface to show 

 the annulatiou and genital openings. 



from San Bernardo, Paraguay, from Chiriqui (Central America), 

 from Caracas, Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Santa Catharina 

 (Brazil), and Eio Grande do Sul. 



' This leech also extends very far towards the East. It is 

 recorded from Antisana, Ecuador, that is to say to the very 

 middle of the Eastern foothills of the Andes. Does this species 

 cross the mountains, and is it found on the Western slope ? 

 Nothing is known to this effect yet, but it is not impossible 

 since other species can live on either slope of the Cordillera.' 



