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DR. M. KHALIL OX THE NKMATODE 



Bursa. — The bursa has a wrinkled appearance. Its edges are 

 curled inside. Tiie dorsal is indistinctly separated from the 

 lateral lobes. It is not elongated as in A. piletda. The general 

 arrangement of the rays, however, is common to both species. 

 The bursa is '67 mm. long and •54 mm. broad. 



The pre-bursal papilla is thin and wavy, and is '3 mm. in length. 

 It is easily mistaken for a ray. 



The ventral ray is bifid in its terminal half. The two branches 

 lie close together. 



The lateral rays lie close together, and their terminations are 

 bent inwards exactly in the same manner as in A. inhata. 



The extei-no-dorsal ray is long and ends very near the edge of 

 the bursa. 



Text-iisure 71. 



Amira sameera, sp. n. Lateral view of bursa. 



The dorsal ray is massive. It divides at the level of the origin 

 of the externo-dorsal ray. Each of these primary divisions gives 

 a thick, short lateral branch, Avhich almost immediately divides 

 into two. These are very short and do not reach the edge of the 

 bursa. The main stem is longer and ends near the corresponding 

 ray of the other side. 



The length of the dorsal ray is "25 mm. 



Genital cone. — The genital cone is sharply pointed. It is, 

 however, a more massive structure than that of A. inleata. The 

 apex of the cone lies nearly in a line with the ventral sui-face of 

 the body. It is not marked with any cuticular thickenings. 



Genital opening. — The cloacal opening is placed practically at 

 the apex of the genital cone. 



