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and agree to a great extent with the papillae figured by Krabbe for A. simplex; there 

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

 irregular row of simple papillae on each side antero lateral 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 1.00 papillae are 

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

 band>s measure 30 /•. The left spicule (2.3""") is slightly larger than the right (1.7-"™). 

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

 a doublelobed projection) ; the veutro-lateral lips apparently possess three papillae 

 each; an upper one with 6 to 7 small teeth (possibly another doublelobed projection), 

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

 a third of very small dimensions. 





Kg. 61. 



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

 2.5""" ; the vulva is flVe-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 semihjs 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 (flg. 64) is divided into two portions; an anterior part 5""" long 

 by nearly l'""" in diameter (at posterior end), and a posterior portion 2 to 2.5""" long, 

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

 Jagerskiold (1894) described for A. simplex. Intestinal caeca are apparently not 

 present. The sub-intestinal glands (back of the oesophagus) measure O.G"""' 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 



