. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 98 BULLETIN 140. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Male 30 to 40 mm. long (77. laticauda) or 20 mm. long by 500/* wide (.4. pterophora). Caudal extremity (fig. 138) broad; cloaca! aperture 360// from posterior end in a 20 mm. specimen. Caudal alae narrow. Preanal sucker large (100//, in diameter), with a pa- pilliform nodule in the posterior rim; it is 520/x from the posterior end of body. Ten pairs of caudal papillae, 4 of which are preanal (3 pairs ventral, 1 pair lateral). Spicules equal, 600/* long by 21//, wide. Female 45 to 60 mm. long. Po


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 98 BULLETIN 140. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Male 30 to 40 mm. long (77. laticauda) or 20 mm. long by 500/* wide (.4. pterophora). Caudal extremity (fig. 138) broad; cloaca! aperture 360// from posterior end in a 20 mm. specimen. Caudal alae narrow. Preanal sucker large (100//, in diameter), with a pa- pilliform nodule in the posterior rim; it is 520/x from the posterior end of body. Ten pairs of caudal papillae, 4 of which are preanal (3 pairs ventral, 1 pair lateral). Spicules equal, 600/* long by 21//, wide. Female 45 to 60 mm. long. Posterior extremity sharply pointed. Anus 1 to mm. from posterior end. Vulva prominent, situated in the median part of the body. Life history.—Probably similar to that of A. galli (p. 82). Distribution*.—South America (Brazil).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.


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