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Patient was never confined to bed as the result of the above condition. I pre- 
served some of the worms in alcohol and gave them to my friend, Dr. Ralston Latti. 
more, of Savannah, Ga., as a zoological curiosity, who in turn handed them to Dr- 
St. Joseph B. Graham, of Savannah, who was kind enough to send some specimens 
to you for study and identification. 
Systematic position. — The worms in question would probably be 
classified by many authors as a Filaria. Such classification is, how- 
ever, not satisfactory, for in the absence of the adult stage it is difficult 
to determine to what group of the FUariidde the parasites may belong. 
To place the species in Filaria would be adding confusion to an already 
very confused genus. Possibh^ these worms belong in Tetracheilo- 
nemad but too little is known about the t^ye species of this genus to 
justify a definite opinion. 
As the most satisfactory solution of the systematic dilemma which 
presents itself, I propose to classify these parasites under the collect- 
ive term — 
rLew naiTie. 
Diagnosis. — Filariidse: A purely collective group, to contain agamic forms of 
Filariidse, which have not yet reached a stage in their development permitting of 
their being determined generically. Such a group has no type-species. Compare 
Agnmodistomum, Amphistomulum, Againomermis, Merminthoidum, Agamonemato- 
dum, etc. 
As the species under consideration does not seem to be identical 
with any form described for man, and as it is not apparent at present 
that it is identical wdth any species described for other hosts, I pro- 
pose to recognize it as a new species under the name Agamojilaria 
georgiana^ with the following characters: 
Tetracheilonema DieAng, 1861a, 621, 711 (Dec. 6, 1860) (m. quadrilabiatum). 
Generic diagnosis. — FUarndse: “Corpus longissimum, filiforme. Caput quad- 
rilabiatum, labiis in quadrangulum dispositis. Os ad basin labiorum. Extremitas 
caudalis spiraliter torta. Penis vagina tubulosa. Apertura genitalis in anteriore 
corporis parte; uterus Vivipara. — Avium brasiliensium in cavo abdominis 
et sub cute colli endoparasita.” — Diesing, 1861a, 711. 
The type species presents the following synonomy and diagnosis: 
Tetracheilonema quadnlabiata (Molin, 1858) Diesing, 1861. 
1858: Filaria quadnlabiata INIolin, 1858, 417 (in Tinamus rufescens, at Cai- 
gara; and T. maculosus, in Brazil). — Diesing, 1861a, 711. — Stossich, 
1897, 77. 
1858: F. tinaini M. C. Y., MS., in Molin, 1858, 417. 
1861: Tetracheilonema quadrilabiatum (Molin, 1858) Diesing, 1861a, 711. — 
Stossich, 1897, 77. 
Specific DIAGNOSIS. — Tetracheilonema: “ Os quadrilabiatum, labiis conicis, magnis; 
corpus infiexum; extremitas anterior sensim attenuata; posterior spiraliter torta; 
extremitas caudalis maris attenuata, obtusa; vagina penis tubulosa, extremitate 
libera incrassata; penis ; extremitas caudalis feminse attenuata, obtusa. 
(Vivipara.) Longit. mar 1^-1 T'' [30 to 33 mm.] ;. crassit, Longit. fern., 1^-2'''' 
[36 to 50 mm.]; crassit, V". 
“Habitaculum. — Tinamus rufescens, Xovembri, Cai^ara: in cavoabdom. — T. macu- 
losus, in Brasilia: sub cute colli (Xatterer). M. C. Y.” — Molin, 1858, 417. 
