The Animal Parasites of Man

by Harold Benjamin Fantham; Max Braun; J. W. W. Stephens; Fred. V. Theobald

Fig. 285.—Mf. demarquayi in thick film, dried and stained with hæmatoxylin. 6, unshrunken; 7, shrunken. × 1,000. (After Fülleborn.)

Filaria taniguchi, Penel, 1905.

Female 68 by 0·2 mm. in breadth. Cuticle non-striated. Mouth two pairs of papillæ. Anus 23 mm. from extremity. Vulva 1·3 mm. from mouth. Larva 164 µ by 8 µ, sheathed. Tail truncated. Periodicity nocturnal.

Habitat.—Lymphatic glands of man. Japan.

Fig. 286.—Filaria (?) conjunctivæ: to the left, life size; to the right, the anterior extremity magnified. (After Addario.)

Filaria (?) conjunctivæ, Addario, 1885.

Syn.: Filaria peritonei hominis, Babes, 1880; Filaria inermis, Grassi, 1887; Filaria apapillocephata, Condorelli-Francaviglia, 1892.