Animal Parasites and Messmates

by P. J. van Beneden

We give here the different appearances which the skin assumes after the bite of a leech. ([Fig. 4.])

Fig. 4.—Different forms of the bite of a Leech.

Fig. 5.—1. Sucker, open; a. jaws. 2. One of the jaws magnified.

Fig. 6.—Section of a Leech. a. anterior sucker; b. posterior sucker; c. anus; d. stomach; æ. æsophagus; i. intestine; s. glands of the skin.