1932 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1931 



23 



Eiiparyphium melis. Schrank, 1788. 



Found in duodenum of mink in the vicinity of Kirkfield, Ontario. Length 

 5.52 mm. to 6.01 mm., width anterior to testes, 1.057 mm. to 1.076 mm. Oral 

 sucker well defined and muscular; length 0.300 mm. to 0.329 mm., width 

 0.329 mm. to 0.358 mm. Head crown has a double row of spines. Pharynx 

 short and bulbous; length 0.213 mm. to 0.223 mm., width 0.184 mm. to 0.194 

 mm. Oesophagus length 0.426 mm. to 0.446 mm. X'entral sucker well de- 



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Fig. 4. — Nudacotyle novicia: os., Oral sucker; oes., Oesophagus; ce.,Ceca; ut., Uterus; 

 vit., Vitellaria; cs. Cirrus sac; t., Testes; sg., Shell gland: ov., Ovary. (Original, Law and 

 Kennedy.) 



veloped, length 0.679 mm. to 0.776 mm., width 0.620 mm. to 0.776 mm. Testes 

 tandem, elliptical ; length 0.543 mm. to 0.582 mm., width 0.523 mm. to 0.552 mm. 

 Anterior testis situated about the equator of the body with posterior testis 

 extending into the posterior region of the body. Ovary situated in the median 

 line and lying in the indentation of anterior testis, length 0.114 mm., width 

 0.349 mm. Vitellaria extending from the posterior end of the body to a short 

 distance posterior to the ventral sucker. Cirrus sac pouch-like, terminating 

 anterior to ventral sucker. Cuticle covered with small spines from the anterior 

 end of the body to the posterior end of the ventral sucker. 



