ASCARIS KUKENTITALTI. 



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and agree to a great extent with tlic i)apillae iigurecl by Krabbe for .1. sini2)Ie.v; there 

 are four pairs near the tip of tlie tail, three other pairs closely posterior to cloaca, an 

 irregular row of simple papillae on each side anterolateral to cloaca, and a row of 

 longer papillae anterior to these; one larger and one small papilla appear to be present 

 in the median line immediately anterior to the cloaca; in all about 100 papillae are 

 present on each side, extending about 10""" forward from tip of tail. The cuticular 

 bands measure 30 ; . The left spicule (-',3""") is slightly larger than the right (1.7"""). 

 'the dorsal lip (fig. 62) bears in the middle a symmetrical pair of papillae (evidently 

 a double lobed projection) ; the ventroit|bteral lips apparently* possess three papillae 

 each; an upper one with G to 7 small teeth (possibly another doublelobed iH-ojection), 

 a lower one on which no teeth were visible, and about in the middle of the inner side 

 a third of very small dimensions. 



Fifj. 60. 



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>'ig. 61. 



The female (fig. 03) is described as 80 to 100"'™ long, with a maximum breadth of 

 2.5"'"'; the vulva is five-elevenths of the length of the body from the anterior extremity 

 (a little anterior to the middle of the body); the vagina measures 10""" long, the bicorn 

 uterus 20"'"', the receptacula seminis 10"""; the ovaries 210 to 216""", the entire female 

 genital organs thus being about three times as long as the worm. Eggs reach the 

 morula stage in the uterus. 



The oesophagus (fig. 64) is divided into two portions; an anterior part 5""" long" 

 by nearly 1"'"' in diameter (at posterior end), and a posterior j)ortion 2 to 2.5'"'" long, 

 generally sigmoid. The intCAStine has three rows of V-shaped cellular bodies, such as 

 Jiigersklold (1894) described for A. idmpJex. Intestinal caeca are apparently not 

 present. The sub-intestinal glands (back of the oesophagus) measure 0.6""" broad by 

 30 to 40""" long. The sub-oesophageal excretory organs are 2'"'" broad and extend 

 beyond the middle of the body. The cervical papillae are situated 1'""' from the head. 

 5947— PT 3 10 



