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eiitly absent; intestinal ceca extend to about the border of posterior eig^hth of 
body. Male organs: Testicles apparently round to lobate, situated in posterior 
third of body. Female organs: 
Uterus apparently poorly devel- 
oped; ovary?; receptaculum 
seminis?; Laurer’s canal?; vitel- 
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Fig. 46. — OpistJiorchis noverea. 
Natural size. (After McCon- 
nell, 1876, fig. 2.) 
laria apparently extend from 
ventral acetabulum to posterior 
testicle. Fggs oval, 84 /t by 19 
to 21 //. Sporocyst, redia, cer- 
caria, and intermediate host 
undetermined. 
Fig. 47. — Ventral view of Opisthordds noverea, greatly 
enlarged to show the anatomy: ac., acetabulum; 
ex. p., excretory pore; p., genital pore; i., intes- 
tinal ceca; m., mouth with oral sucker; ov., ovary 
and other adjacent organs; p. b., pharyngeal bulb; 
s. g., shell gland; /., testicles; id., uterus; va., va- 
gina; I’, d., vas deferens; v. 5^., vitellaria; v. f.,vitel- 
loduct. (After McConnell, 1876, fig. 1.) 
Habitat. — Gall ducts of man [Homo sapiens) 
and pariah dogs {Canis familiaris) . 
Geographic distribution. — India. 
This parasite has been confused with 
MetorcMs conjimctus (Cobbold, 1862) of 
the American Red fox {Canis ftdvus)^ 
but the two worms are evidently distinct. 
The above diagnosis is based chiefly upon McConnell’s figures. The 
species needs a careful restudy. 
For the two cases reported in man, see McConnell, 1876 and 1878. 
Fig. 48. — Eggs of Op>isthorchis noverea. 
X 1,300. (After McConnell, 1876, 
fig. 3.) 
