470 THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF MAN 



Agamomermis, Stiles, 1903. 

 Group name for immature Mermithidce. 



Agamomermis restiformis, Leidy, 1880. 



This worm measures 65 cm. in length, pointed anteriorly, the 

 posterior extremity broadened and rounded off (1-5 mm. in breadth) ; 

 the mouth is terminal, without lips. Behind the mouth six papillae ; 

 the oesophagus measures 1*125 mm - in length ; the intestine appears 

 to terminate blindly. 



This parasite was obtained in West Virginia from the urethra of a young man, 

 aged 20, who for a few days previous to expelling the worm passed turbid and bloody 

 urine. 



