Vol. IT, No. 7.] Parasites from the Gharia!. 269: 
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33. Parasites from the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus, Geoffr.)—By 
Dr. von Linstow, Goettingen. Translated by Paut Broéut. 
Communicated by N. ANNANDALE. (With 1 plate.) 
[The specimens on which Dr. von Linstow has been kind enongh to 
furnish the following report were obtained from two Gharials which died 
recently in the Caleutta Zoological Gardens. ‘The stomach of one of these 
algo contained an undetermined Ascaris. There is no reason to think that 
the death of the reptiles was in any way due to the parasites.—N. A. 
NeMATODA. 
Micropleura vivipara, nov, gen., nov. sp. 
Fig, 1-2. 
From the mesentery : 
The genus Micropleura is related ‘to Filaria; the anterior 
end is provided with neither teeth nor lips; the lateral lines 
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the male, and to 7; in the female; it commences with a vestibu- 
lum which -is about one-fourth the length of the cesophagus ; 
the cuticle is smooth; the nerve-ring is situated at the end of 
the vestibule. 
in an are, further one postanal papille placed on a roundish 
elevation, on each side, and behind these on one side of the short 
0°79 he tail measures ,4¢ of the total length ; the vulva 
is situated somewhat i front of the middle of the ars 
it divides the length of the body in the proportion © 
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free in front ll as behind. The embryo is 0°57 mm. long 
and O-o17 ed ‘aianmeen the cuticle is marked with rig? he 
defined transverse rings, and the 
pointed; the anterior end is rounded. 
