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mitas oblique truncata. Os terminale, qiiattuor v. septem pinnis 

 corneo - membranaceis atque duobus parvis papillis ornatum. 

 Capsula ampla, limbo externo denticulis rectis dense armato. 

 Extremitas caudalis maris, oblique truncata, bursa terminali pêne 

 intégra multiradiata (18); radiis ventralibus in longitudinem 

 tractus bipartitis, dorsalibus furcatis; duobus spiculis subnigris, 

 tubuliformibus. Extremitas caudalis feminae acute attenuata, aper- 

 tura genitali in posteriore corporis parte. Anus supra caudae 

 apicem. Ovula elliptica, testa subtili, vitello partito. 



Long. mar. 17-20mm crass. mar. 0,96°=»'^ 



Long. fem. 20-20°!™ crass. fem. l^m 



Long. ov. 55-68 [x crass. ov. 33-40 [x 



Habitaculum. — Elephas indicus, in intestinis crassis (Stazzi). 



Amphistoma hawkesi Cobbold. 



Cobbold, loco citato, p. 238. 



Bodif of a pink colour, smooth, plano-convex, fmely wrinkled 

 transversely, bluntly pointed and contracted in front, broadly 

 rounded behind. Head surrounded by a few regular but not well 

 pronounced tolds, armed with numerous short and extremely 

 minute warty papillae. Mouth terminal, circular. Ventral surface 

 often slightly depressed near the centre, forming slight promi- 

 nences on either side. Caudal sucker plâced well torvvard, rather 

 large, circular, with a broad lip and smooth concavity. Reproductive 

 papilla small, situated nearly midway between the mouth and 

 upper margin of the caudal sucker. 



Length, on the average, 3/8 of an inch ; the longest spécimen 7/16 

 of an inch. 



Breadth 1/4 of an inch. 



Hab. — Large intestines of Elephas indicus. 



Archives de Farastlulugie, 111, n" 3, 1900. 34 



