172 Agricultural Gazcflc. 



Two papillffi near the end of the bursa ; 



the slightly arcuate spicula, aceompaiiied by short arcuate accessory ])iece8. 

 A slow-amoving species found in meadows and marshy ground in Holland. 



9. T. obtusus, Bastian. -l- \ V ' "U '11 ■'^"""- Cuticula present- 

 in" about seven hundred transverse striiB ; conoid neck tcrmmatiug in a 

 truncate head ; lips and papillte none ; spear stout and bulbed ; ellipsoidal 

 median bulb situated at ten per cent., one-half as wide as the adjacent part 

 of the neck ; cardiac collum distinct ; the granular intestine terminating 

 posteriorly in a rectum whose length is equal to that of the anal diameter ; 

 porus excretorius at fourteen per cent. 



»i — I — '^l' ^^ °y . -TTmra. Tall couves conoid ; bursa beginning opposite 

 the prosimse of the oblong, somewhat arcuate spicula, which are as long as 

 the anal diameter and accompanied by accessory pieces half as long.* 



Roots of oats, England. 



10. T. terricola, Bastian. ': ; T T To " »'"■•. Conoid neck ter- 

 minating in a truncate head ; ellipsoidal median bulb situated at about ten 

 percent.; posterior swelling none (?) ; porus excrclorius at twelve per cent. 

 Male unknown. 



Rootlets of wheat, England. 



11. T. imperfectus, Biitschli. >„ ] T t — nr >''.™>- Spear bulbed ; 

 lateral fields fiuely granular ; tail conical from the vulva ; uterus short, 

 mostly with one egg, and that segmenting ; oviparous ; mature when only 

 eight-tenths of a millimetre long. 



ij— I — ^y^ — =^7 — %■ Considerably smaller than the female ; spear a mere 

 point ; tail concave-conoid, the large and wide bursa extending even a little 

 beyond the end of the tail and far enough forward to be symmetrically 

 arranged with respect to the anus ; ribs none (?) ; spicula twice as long as 

 the anal diameter and bent in the middle, the proximal halves being twice as 

 wide as the distal halves ; proximae cephaloid by a broad constriction ; 

 accessory pieces none. 



Decaying fungi, Erankfort-on-the-Maiu, Germany. Related to number 12. 



12. T. fungorum, Biitschli. i'."?! °'a 1"t'(i-6, "li; I'e S"""' Cuticula present- 

 ing about fifteen hundred transverse striae ; conoid neck terminating in a 

 truncated head, which is probably lipless and devoid of papilla); oesopluigus 

 indistinct and without bulbs (?) ; cells of the intestine with a few large 

 granules ; rectum nearly equalling the aual diameter in length ; lateral fields 

 two-fifths as wide as the body, the dorsal field narrow ; uterus nearly half as 

 long as the body and containing many spherical or ellipsoidal unsegmented 

 eggs each two-thirds as long as the body is wide. 



'. '> '. " '";* ■■"■""'• Tail conical, hooked in the larv.-e ; more than 

 halif of the bursa in front of the anus ; a double ventral post-anal papilla 

 opposite the middle of the accessory pieces, and a single one opposite their 

 ends ; the straight spicula somewhat dumb-bell shaped, and a little longer 

 than the anal diameter; the forked accessory pieces as long as the spicula, 

 extending backwards and terminating in extremities turned ventralwards. 



Found in decaying fungi, Erankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. 



• Bastiaii's text and figures disagree with regard to the length of the oBSophagus of this species. 



