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THE CERCARIA OF SCHISTOSOMUM SPINDALIS (MONTGOMERY).

BY

M. B. SOPARKAR, m.d.. (Bombay University.)

(From the Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory.)

(With Plates I and H.)

[Received for publication October 20 1920]

CONTENTS. Intru<loetii>ii Melhud o( Stuily tjcnrnl DMcriplion Strucrture of the rcrc«ri« — McaMurcnu'tit-* Vent ml Sucker DiKrative Sj-nteni Oral Sucker Mucin GUn'l Eicretory Sy i GeniUl Sy«t'iii Movetuent . . Intermediate boat Partkrnit* Compariaoii Nomenclatur' Saramary and Oucuaaiuu Kaferenoca tu Literature KxnuxATiu.H ur I'utTEx. Page.

Introduction.

This cercaria was discovered along with a number of other furcocercous cercarae in Bombay in 1917, in the course of an investigation