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A. E. SHIPLEY 



of the anterior quarter, from this the body rapidiy lessens in front, 

 and more slowly behind. Length 13-17 mm., greatest breadth 



3 mm. Hooks and mouth very 

 /O0\ small and closely compressed 



at the tip of the body. — Lohr- 

 MANN (translated). 



Habitaï. — In the lungs of 

 Monitor niloticus {Varanus nilo- 

 ticus). 



Lohrmann's sketch is so slight 

 that I hâve had a figure prepared 

 from a spécimen of what I take 

 to be the same species which 

 was found in tlie lungs of the 

 Ocellated Monitor ( Varanus ocel- 

 latus) and is now in my collec- 

 tion. This spécimen showed 

 about 39 rings . The species re- 

 sembles in appearance the P. 

 oxycephalus of Diesing. 



Fig. 9. — Porocephahis clavatus Lohr- 

 mann X 4 ; the two oval rings 

 represent the « Samenblase » ; froin 

 Lohrmann. — B, latéral view X 2. 



6. — PoROCEPHALUS CROciDURA Parona (1). 



Synonym. — Pentastomum crocidura Parona. 



DiAGNOsis. — Cylindrical body slightly tapering behind. Length 



10,5 mm. Breadth throughout anterior end of body, 1 mm. Body 



divided into 02 regular annuli, which slightly diminish in length 



posteriorly. The anterior end of the 



body for a space equal to about 



five annuli is flattened, bears two 



papillae (cf. P. kiri), the mouth 



surrounded by a chitinous ring, and 



four double hooks. Each annulus 



bears two or three rows of cuta- 



neous pores. The posterior end bas 



Fig. 10. — Forocephaius crocidura , . , . . , -, i i 



Parona. - A, anterior .-nd of ^ grOOVe, whlch gives it a bllobed 



body X "12 ; B, tiook. appearance. — Pauona (abstracted). 



(1) Anii. Mus. Genova, (2), IX, (XXX), 1881K)U, p. GU. 



