﻿PKOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  yol. 
  G7 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  greatest 
  width 
  measured 
  from 
  the 
  cuticle 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  to 
  the 
  cuticle 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  vary 
  

   from 
  107 
  to 
  144[x 
  in 
  different 
  specimens. 
  The 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   capsule 
  as 
  observed 
  in 
  a 
  lateral 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  worm, 
  presents 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  sutures 
  that 
  divide 
  it 
  into 
  five 
  sections 
  (fig. 
  2). 
  Two 
  sutures 
  

  

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  n~r 
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  v 
  ^Ti 
  V 
  

  

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  //on?m 
  

  

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  tyom/ri 
  

  

  "Figs. 
  1-3. 
  — 
  Uncinaria 
  lotoris, 
  new 
  species. 
  1, 
  Anterior 
  end 
  of 
  worm 
  viewed 
  from 
  

   the 
  side. 
  '2, 
  Surface 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  worm, 
  from 
  the 
  side, 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  sutures. 
  3, 
  Posterior 
  end 
  of 
  female, 
  a., 
  anus 
  ; 
  d., 
  dorsal 
  bay 
  ; 
  e. 
  d., 
  

  

  EXTERXO-DORSAL 
  RAY 
  ; 
  e. 
  1., 
  EXTERNO-LATERAL 
  RAY 
  ; 
  (Jltb., 
  GUBERNACULUM 
  ; 
  1. 
  V., 
  LATERO- 
  

   VENTRAL 
  RAY 
  ; 
  in. 
  1., 
  MEDIC-LATERAL. 
  RAY 
  ; 
  p. 
  I., 
  POSTERO-LATERAL 
  RAY 
  ; 
  Sp., 
  SPICULE 
  ; 
  

   V. 
  V., 
  VENTRO-VENTRAL 
  RAY 
  

  

  are 
  transverse, 
  the 
  more 
  cephalad 
  suture 
  being 
  longer 
  and 
  extending 
  

   across 
  the 
  anterior 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  capsule, 
  the 
  other 
  suture 
  extending 
  

   across 
  the 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  capsule. 
  Two 
  sutures 
  are 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  capsule 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  

   cephalad 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  sutures. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  irregular 
  in 
  shape 
  

  

  