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the intestine, in the posterior sixty cm. of the coelomic cavity. 
They appeared as black spots. 
LARVAE OF ACANTHOCEPHALIA. 
Genns Gigantorh yn chns. 
This parasite was found only in the encysted stage. The pos- 
terior forty cm. of the intestine was almost covered with these 
encystments, which were just under the mesenteric covering. 
The species is not determinable as yet, because of the lack of in- 
formation of the larval stages of the whole genus. 
Laboratories of Animal Biology, 
State LTniversity of Iowa. 
