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57 (58) Vitellaria consist of few large follicles or form i)aired compact organ. 

 No cirrus sac. . . Subfamily Diplodisci.vae Cohn 1904. 



Moderate sized amphistomes with conical body, round in transsection, attenuated ante- 

 riorly. Terminal sucker very large. Intestinal crura extend to terminal sucker, relatively 

 broad. Vitellaria a few large follicles on each side which may be 

 condensed into a more or less compact but lobed organ. 

 In alimentary canal of Amphibia and Reptilia. 



Only North American genus. 



Diplodiscus Diesing 1836. 



Two testes confluent in older specimens. Genital pore near oral 

 opening. Esophagus long, pharynx-like enlargement at bifurcation 

 of intestine, not sharply marked ofT. Excretory vessels looped into 

 coils, some above and some below intestine. 



Only North American species. 



Diplodiscus temperatus Stafiford 1905. 



Rectum of various frogs, 

 braska, Minnesota. 



Canada, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ne- 



FiG. 672. Diplodiscus temperatus. Adult worm somewhat contracted, 

 drawn from the ventral side as a transparent object. Magnified. (,.\fter 

 Gary.) 



58 (57) Vitellaria consist of small scattered lateral foUicles. Cirrus sac 



present. . . . Subfamily Schizamphistominae Looss 191 2. 

 Representative North American genus. 



Allassostoma Stunkard 1916 . . 59 

 Large oral invaginations open independently into oral sucker; no preoral sphincter; esoph- 

 ageal bulb composed of concentric muscle lamellae. Hermaphroditic duct present, (ierm 

 glands median, near center of body. Both testes anterior to ovary. Vitellaria consist of small 

 scattered lateral follicles, in posterior region with median follicles also. Laurer's canal opens in 

 mid-dorsal line anterior to excretory pore. 



59 (60) . Large worm (over 10 mm. long) with small suckers. 



Allassostoma magnum Stunkard 1916. 



Length 10 to 12 mm., breadth 3 to s mm., thickness 1.5 to 2 mm. 

 Living worm clear, slow-moving, capable of great extension. Acetabu- 

 lum sub-terminal, ovoid, wider anteriad, 2 to 2.5 mm. long by 2 mm. wide. 

 Oral sucker terminal, 0.9 to 1.35 mm. long by 0.6 to 0.9 mm. wide; oral 

 pockets arise at posterior end of oral sucker by separate lateral openings 

 and extend dorsad and caudad. 



Testes oval, 0.27 to 0.35 by 0.45 to 0.9 mm., long axis transverse, 

 located near center of body and slightly oblique. Ovary median, spheri- 

 cal or oval, 0.28 to 0.35 by 0.33 to 0.57 mm. in diameter. \'ilelline 

 foUicles small, sparse, anteriorly extracecal, but posteriorly also intracccal. 

 No receptaculum seminis and nc vitelline reservoir. Eggs 0.1 by o.ii 

 mm. 



In intestine of Pseiidemys; Illinois, Missouri. 



Fig. 673. Allassostoma magnum. W-ntral view. X a. (After Stunkard.) 



60 (59) Small worm (length about 3 mm. or less) with large .suckers. 



Allassostoma parvum Stunkard 191 6. 

 From Chetydra serpentina; Urbana, 111. 



