i e ee “DE Wyman, on two Species of Linguala. w 
te ' ferior face is provided with four cavities, (Pl. XV. Fig " 
- arranged i ina curved au S apis with an ac 
un (PL XV. Fig. br 
EA rar e | en between these hooks, is. 
1 ae Situated the mouth, a . simple orifice. Posteriorly, the body - 
i-a sabe N a conical point, in the middle of the inferior da 
ER of which is situated the. anus. The intestine, g ai 
straight. ranous canal, extends from one extremity of the 
strai 
E aeu cavity to the other, and is loosely attached to the | 
P dorsal parietes. The extremely long and convoluted ovidadts k 
occupies the larger portion of the abdominal cavity, n does 
not, except near the posterior extremity, invest the in sia f 
he integuments are covered by a thin cuticle " 
3 
*A of this species were all found by Dr. Thomas A 
= ! intestine of the Python dre procured - 
| ; Cape Palmas. 
l specimen, Pl. XV. Fig. 6, was gie ae 
South American Boa, to the surface of which it 
was eiue, in company with three or four others of a 
At is three and a half inches in length, and 
| nterior fourth, 
e il 20 81 
exceed an inch and 
to be males. 
|. Was supposed o 
.* entozoa, it greatly 
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