526 G. P. PIANA E P. STAZZl 



BodLi linear, subfiliform, cylindrical, but rather suddenly nar- 

 rowed in front and behind. Head small, scarcely half the width of 

 the body, truncated, surrounded by five very small auricular folds. 

 Month armed with a few teetb. Buma broader than long, obscurely 

 three-lobed ; anterior ray sbort and double ; antero-lateral ray 

 simple and straigbt ; middle ray double, of very great size ; postero- 

 lateral ray moderately long and slender; posterioi' ray cleft at the 

 extremity. Spicules two, broad, and highly coloured. Tail of the 

 female bluntly pointed. with the reproductive outlet slightly remo 

 ved from the base in front. 



Length of the maie 2 inches. 



Length of the female 2 inches to 3 inciies. 



Hab. — Stomach and intestines of Elephas indicvs and Loxodonta 

 africana. 



DocHMU's Sangeri Cobbold. 



Cobbold, loco citato, p. 236. 



Body smootli, transversely striated, and narrowed both in front 

 and behind. Head very distinct, and bent v\^ell forward. Mouth 

 simple, oval, and surrounded by regularly disposed élévations ; 

 buccal cup capacious, and armed with a few small teeth ; pharynx 

 distinct, separated from the œsophagus by a well-defmed cons- 

 triction, Bursa obscurely three-lobed, the posterior ray being 

 slender and bifurcated at the extremity, its inner branch extending 

 to the border of th^e membrane. Spicules short, nearly equal. Tail 

 of the female long and pointed, the tip being subulate, and armed 

 Avith a short, liliform, transparent, and linely pointed appendage. 

 Anus situated at the base of the tail. 

 Length of the maie (S lines. 

 Length of the female 10 lines. 



Hab. — Intestines of Elephas indiens. 



. Uncinaria os-PAPn.LATi:M Piana. 



Corpus cylindricum utrinque |)arum attenuatum, contortum, 

 subrubrum, cuticula tenuissime atque transverse striata. Anterior 

 corporis extremitas leviter rutundata, cernua (caputcernuum-Dies.); 

 os terminale, limbo cuticulari papillis 4 cincto. Capsula poculi- 

 formis, duobus dentibus atque quatuor cristulis, quae circum- 



