The bursate nematodes here described have been obtained from three sources: (a) Dr F. W. O'Connor permitted me to deal with his valuable collection from Samoa and the Ellice and Gilbert Islands; (b) Sir Arthur Keith and Mr Burne allowed me to collect and examine certain Strongylata parasitising a gorilla whose body had been placed at the disposal of the College of Surgeons, and to compare them with Cobbold's type material from the ostrich; I am much indebted to these gentlemen for their aid; (c) my own Indian collection, supplemented by a gift from Professor Gedoelst, has furnished the remainder of the material.
Incisors a little larger than in lateralis, the whole row 10 mm. in length, about as in hachetti, as compared with about 9 mm. in lateralis. Secator also slightly larger than in lateralis, much smaller than in hachetti.
The genus Raillietostrongylus Lane, 1923, was essentially characterized by the presence of “rudimentary subventral semilunes” guarding its oral aperture. In its type and only species R. samoensis Lane, 1923, these structures were described as “most rudimentary.”. Cameron (1924) states bluntly that cutting plates do not exist in this species, so that he can see no reason for removing it from the genus Globocephalus. The natural implication of the wording is that in designating the new genus a seriously inaccurate observation was recorded.
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