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size of small slate-pencils, pointed at the ends, 

 which are somewhat curved. The tail has 

 two small membranous wings, with twenty-six 

 papillae on each side, of which five are post- 

 anal. The female is somewhat longer than the 



FIG. 26. ASCARIS MYSTAX. 



a, Male ; &, Female ; c, Anterior extremity ; d, Seen in 

 profile. 



male. This species of ascarides inhabits not 

 only the intestines of the cat, but those of a 

 large number of the savage species of the 

 genus Felis. 



The symptoms of the presence of this worm 

 are only those of intestinal irritation and even 

 these may not be present, and the diagnosis 

 can then only be made by seeing one of the 



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