X.—On a New Species of Pentastomum(P. protelis),from the Mesentery ofProteles cristatus;with an Account of its Anatomy

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For the parasites which form the subject of the present communication, I am indebted to my friend Professor Morrison Watson, who found them in a male specimen ofProteles cristatus, Sparrman, of whose myology he has since published an account. Before entering upon a description of the entozoon, it may be allowable to say a word or two with respect to its host, which is not an animal of everyday occurrence. It was first described a little more than a century ago by Sparrman, the Swedish traveller, as occurring in South Africa, where it is known to the farmers as the “grey jackal”; he gave it the nameViverra cristata. The only point in his description of any present interest is that its stomach “ had nothing but ants in it, or to speak more properly, the whitetermites,” which might be a valuable hint for any one who had the will and opportunity to investigate the life history of the parasite before us.

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