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THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF MAN 



7. 



Mf.demarquayi 



FIG. 285.^. dcmarquayi in thick film, dried and stained with haematoxylin. 

 6, unshrunken ; 7, shrunken. X 1,000. (After Fulleborn.) 



Filaria taniguchi, Penel, 1905. 



Female 68 by 0*2 mm. in breadth. Cuticle non-striated. Mouth 

 two pairs of papillae. Anus 23 mm. from extremity. Vulva 1*3 mm. 

 from mouth. Larva 164/1 by 8 //,, sheathed. Tail truncated. 

 Periodicity nocturnal. 



Habitat. Lymphatic glands of man. Japan. 



Filaria (?) conjunctivas, Addario, 1885. 



Syn. : Filaria peritonei hominis, Babes, 1880; Filaria inermis, Grassi, 1887 ; 

 Filaria apapillocephata, Condorelli-Francaviglia, 1892. 



The female only of this species is known. It measures 16 to 

 20 cm. in length and 0-5 mm. in breadth, and is of a whitish or 

 brownish tint. The cuticle is striated with fine transverse and more 

 marked longitudinal striae with the exception of a small field sur- 

 rounding the mouth, which is terminal and has neither papillae nor 

 lips. The oesophagus measures o'6 mm. in length. The anus is 3 mm. 

 in front of the rounded posterior extremity, and behind it there are 

 two (glandular ?) sacs. The vulva is close behind the oral aperture ; 

 the vagina soon divides into two convoluted uteri, which are filled 

 with eggs and embryos. Embryos 350 //, by 5-5 //,. 



