![]() ![]() It appears transversely oval and measures mm by mm. The ventral 'Sucker is situated in the anterior third of the body. The terminal oral sucker measures mm by mm. There is a wide gap in the row of the collar spines in the mid-dorsal lineo These collar spines measure mm by mm. Three to five of the collar spines on each side at the ventro-iateral angle show an alternate arrangement, while others are arranged in a single row. It is armed with twenty-one small and stout spines. 2) is well developed and prominent at the sides of the oral sucker, but dorsally it is almost flushed with the body surface, while ventrally it is discontinuous. The anterior half of the body is beset with minute cuticular spines which are thickly set in the pre-testicular region and measure mm by mm. It is almost of a uniform width throughout its length and measures mm in length and mm in breadth in the testicular region. 1 ) of the fluke is narrów and elongated with broad anterior and pointed posterior etremity. A single specimen of this fluke was also obtained from the kidneys of the said avian host, shot at the outskirts of Hardoi. About a dozen specímens of this echinostome parasite were collected from: the ureters and kidneys of a Purple Heron, Ardea purpuree (Linnaeus), shot near Lucknow. Poche, Subfamily.- Echinochasminae Odhner, Ignavia breviovarica sp. ![]() by Ramesh Gupta * (Received fo! publication June 17, 1962) Family.- ECHINOSTOMATIDAE Looss, 1902 emend. nov., from the purple heron, Ardea purpurea (Linnaeus), with a note on' the validity of Brijicola caballeroi Pande, 1960 (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae). Bio!' Trop., 10( 1):, 1962 On Ignavia breviovarica sp. ![]()
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