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Nematodes of Camel 
Nematodirus mauritanicus, Maupas and Seurat, 1912. 
Two female specimens of this species were found, labelled Nematodirus 
spathiger Railliet, in the collections of the Punjab Veterinary College. This form 
has not been previously described outside Africa, worms of the genus Nema¬ 
todirus from the camel in N. India having been regarded as belonging to 
Railliet’s species. 
In the Punjab, as elsewhere, a number of species have probably been con¬ 
fused under the name N. spathiger ; it would therefore be desirable to examine 
a larger series of specimens from the camel in this province; during my stay 
in Lahore I was unfortunately'unable to obtain more material. 
The following measurements and brief description show that the speci¬ 
mens observed by me agree well with the account of N. mauritanicus given 
by Maupas and Seurat: 
Females, 20-22 mm. in length, with a maximum breadth, behind the vulva, 
of about 0*35 mm. 
Head, about 0*035 mm. in diameter. Oesophagus, 0*59 mm. long. 
Anus, about 0*1 mm. from the truncated posterior extremity of the body. 
Vulva, 9-10*5 mm. from the posterior extremity, i.e. situated a short 
distance behind the middle of the body. 
The ovejectors are very long, unequal, both directed backwards. 
Eggs, 0*225-0*26 mm. long by 0*09-0*11 mm. broad. 
The females of N. mauritanicus can be distinguished from those of 
N. dromedarii by the position of the vulva which is located in the posterior 
body-region in the former species, whilst in the latter it is situated one-third 
of the body-length from the anterior end. 
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Boulenoer, C. L. (1915). The Life History of Nematodirus filicollis Rud., a Nematode 
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Maupas, E. and Seurat, L. G. (1912). Sur un Nematode de l’lntestin grele du Dromadaire. 
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May, H. G. (1920). Observations on the Nematode Genus Nematodirus with Descriptions 
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Railliet, A. (1896). Sur quelques Parasites du Dromadaire. C. R. Soc. Biol. XLvm. 489. 
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EXPLANATION OF LETTERING. 
ba. barb-like process of spicule; gub. gubernaculum; int. intestine; l. lip of cloaca; ov. ovary; 
ovj. ovijector; p. process of body-wall in neighbourhood of vulva; ut. uterus. 
