﻿The 
  Anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  Female 
  Genital 
  Tract 
  of 
  the 
  Pupipara 
  etc. 
  

  

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  Explanation 
  of 
  the 
  Figures. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  the 
  figures 
  except 
  Fig. 
  2 
  were 
  drawn 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  a 
  

   camera 
  lucida. 
  

  

  Abbreviations: 
  

  

  ant, 
  antenna; 
  

  

  a.m.gl, 
  Anterior 
  milk-glands; 
  

  

  a. 
  R, 
  anterior 
  ridge; 
  

   A, 
  an 
  us; 
  

  

  b. 
  w, 
  body-wall; 
  

  

  b.w.mus, 
  body-wall 
  muscles; 
  

   ch.pl, 
  chitinous 
  plate; 
  

   dis.fol.ce, 
  disintegrating 
  follicular 
  epi- 
  

   thelium 
  ; 
  

  

  d.vag.mus, 
  dorsal 
  vaginal 
  muscles; 
  

  

  eye, 
  eye 
  ; 
  

  

  fol, 
  follicle; 
  

  

  ger, 
  germarium; 
  

  

  gr, 
  groove; 
  

  

  head, 
  head; 
  

  

  in.perixov, 
  inner 
  peritoneal 
  covering, 
  

  

  that 
  around 
  the 
  ovarioles; 
  

   2, 
  intestine; 
  

   lar, 
  larva; 
  

   lar.A, 
  larval 
  anus; 
  

   lar.M, 
  larval 
  mouth; 
  

   lur.P, 
  larval 
  pharynx; 
  

   lar.S, 
  larval 
  stomacb; 
  

   lar.sp, 
  larval 
  spiracles; 
  

   Lmus, 
  longitudinal 
  muscles; 
  

   med.ovi, 
  median 
  oviduct; 
  

   mem.ex, 
  membrana 
  externa; 
  

   mem.in, 
  membrana 
  interna; 
  

   mesoth, 
  mesothorax; 
  

   metath, 
  metathorax; 
  

   m.gl, 
  milk-gland; 
  

   mus.sJi, 
  muscle-sheath; 
  

  

  mus.ton, 
  muscular 
  tongue; 
  

  

  n.ce, 
  nutritive 
  cells; 
  

  

  op.m.gl, 
  opening 
  of 
  milk-glands; 
  

  

  ov, 
  ovary; 
  

  

  ovar; 
  ovariole; 
  

  

  ovi, 
  oviduct; 
  

  

  o, 
  ovum; 
  

  

  pa.ovi, 
  paired 
  oviduct; 
  

   perixon, 
  peritoneal 
  connective 
  tissue 
  

   fibres; 
  

  

  perixov, 
  peritoneal 
  covering; 
  

   peri.mus, 
  peritoneal 
  muscle-fibres; 
  

   p.m. 
  gl, 
  posterior 
  milk-glands; 
  

   p.B, 
  posterior 
  ridge; 
  

   p.t.mus, 
  posterior 
  transverse 
  muscle- 
  

   fibres 
  ; 
  

   prob, 
  proboscis; 
  

   proth, 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  

   r, 
  rectum; 
  

   r.gl, 
  rectal 
  gland; 
  

   rec.sem, 
  receptaculum 
  seminis; 
  

   sper, 
  spermatozoa; 
  

   sp, 
  spiracles; 
  

   spur, 
  spur; 
  

   tr, 
  trachea; 
  

  

  tun.prop, 
  tunica 
  propria; 
  

   U, 
  uterus; 
  

   v, 
  vacuole; 
  

   vag, 
  vagina; 
  

  

  v.vag.mus, 
  ventral 
  vaginal 
  muscle-fibres; 
  

   vul, 
  vulva. 
  

  

  Plate 
  II. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Ventral 
  aspect 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  female 
  sheep-tick 
  showing 
  an 
  outline 
  

   of 
  the 
  genital 
  tract 
  with 
  an 
  egg 
  in 
  the 
  uterus. 
  x 
  9. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  The 
  upper 
  (dorsal) 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  tract 
  dissected 
  from 
  the 
  

   animal's 
  body. 
  x 
  33. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Sagittal 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  female 
  sheep-tick 
  

   showing 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  tract. 
  The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  vaginal 
  

  

  