Class VI. FILARIA. 53 



GENUS m. FILARIA. 



Body round, filiform, smooth, of equal thick- 

 ness. 

 Mouth dilated, with a roundish concave lip. 



Gm. Lin. 3040. Ph. Tr. Air. il 774. 1. Scara- 



Turton Br. Faun. 126. b^i. 



[Found in the Scarabceus Jimetarius. 



Mart'm Lister says that he took three, out of 

 the belly of one beetle, of a dark hair color, 

 with whitish bellies, somewhat thicker than 

 hog's bristles ; and one out of another beetle 

 which was of a lighter color and measured 

 five inches and an half. 



Gm. Lin. 3040. Turlon Br. Faun. 126, 2. Carabi. 



Found in one of the species of Carabus, 

 Ed. 



