434 J. B. CLELAND AND T. H. JOHNSTON. 



(14) Microfilaria sp. from Stigmatops ocularis, Gould. (L. 

 Harrison, Gladstone, Oct. 1910.) 



Length 120 ft, breadth 3*5 /*. The anterior end was 

 rounded, the tail being short and pointed. The specimens 

 did not allow of the location of the various spots being 

 made out with certainty. The excretory pore (?) was fairly 

 close to the anterior end, the anus being near the posterior 

 extremity. (Fig. 71.) 



(15) Microfilaria sp. from Ptilotis fusca, Gould. (Dr. 

 Bancroft, Eidsvold, March 1911,) 



Length 45 to 66 /x, breadth 5 /x. Filarial embryos were 

 detected in films made from one out of eleven honey-eaters 

 belonging to this species. The parasites are of about the 

 same size and possess the same characters as the fllariae 

 found in certain other Meliphagidae e.g., Entomyza cyanotis 

 and Plectrorhamplius lanceolatus. (Fig. 45.) 



(16) Microfilaria sp. from the Noisy Minah, Myzantha 

 garrula, Lath. (Dr. Bancroft, Eidsvold, Feb. 1911, 

 May 1911). 



Length from 70 to 120 /^, breadth 3*5 /*. These parasites 

 have been detected in four out of eight birds. They varied 

 considerably in length. The anterior extremity tapered 

 slightly, the posterior end becoming narrowed rather more. 

 Each end was rounded. The nerve ring lay at the end of 

 the anterior fifth, the excretory vesicle lying at about 

 halfway between this point and the end of the body. The 

 anus was fairly close to the posterior extremity. 



In several films there was a multiple infection. In one 

 case, halteridia and intracorpuscular trypanosomes (leuco- 

 cytozoa) were also present, in other films either halteridia 

 or leucocytozoa accompanied the filarise. (Fig. 49.) 



(17) Microfilaria sp. from the Blue-faced Honey-eater, 

 Entomyza cyanotis, Swainson. (L.Harrison, Gladstone, 

 Oct. 1910; Dr. Bancroft, Eidsvold, Oct. 1910, March 

 1911.) 



