PARASITES OF ELEPHANTS. 



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Termination of the female. — This forms the most charac- 

 teristic feature of this species. The female tail is broad and 

 short. It is 1-75 mm. in length. It is of practically uniform 

 diameter till near the tip, where it is cone-shaped. The tip is 

 blunt. 



Text-fie-ure 39. 



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Quilonia hrevicauda, sp. n. Bursa and spicules. 



Ova. — The ova seen in the terminal portion of the uterus 

 contain a morula. They measure 56 /x in length and 33 /^ in 

 breadth . 



Habitat. Intestine of African elephant (Uganda). 



Quilonia ethiopica, sp. n. (Text-figs. 40-45.) 



Material. — The material consisted of eight specimens sorted 

 from the Uganda collection. 



Shape of body. — The body is straight, broader near the middle, 

 and gradually tapering towards either end. Male is 13-5 mm. 

 long and -55 mm. maximum^ diameter The female is 19 mm. in 

 length and '7 mm. maximum diameter. 



Skin. — The cuticle is finely striated through the whole body 

 except for a short distance caudad of the head. The striations 

 are at intervals of "029 mm. 



MoiUh collar. — The mouth collar is rounded in outline. It is 



