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DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



No. 9 



Alaria arisaemoides. Augustine and Uribe, 1927. 



Found in small intestines of fox trapped in Ontario; pink to white in colour, 

 measures from 7 mm. to 10 mm. in length. The body is divided into two distinct 

 regions, cephalic and caudal. Oral sucker lies between two wing-like structures 

 situated at the anterior end of the parasite. The ventral sucker is posterior to 



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Off/G IN/> L. 



V \}.g- /6-— l-'ur^'a "r"5/f/a?.- os., Oral sucker; ph., Pharynx; ce., Ceca; ad., Adhesive organ: 

 It., Vitellana; vs.. Ventral sucker; ut., Uterus; t., Testis. (Original, Law and Kennedy.) 



oral sucker in the median line. The adhesive organ is well developed occupying 

 the greater portion of the cephalic region. 



A thin transparent membrane covers the entire body. The testes are lobed 

 situated in tandem fashion in the caudad region. Anterior testis smaller than 



