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contain Aetholaimiis Williams, 1962 and Mylo- atoda : Dorylaimoidea) with description of ten discus Thome, 1939 which possess a com- new species from India. Proc. Helminthol. bination of iiygolaimoid and actinolaimoid Soc. Wash. 31: 173-187. characters. THORNE, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. LITERATURE CITED Capita Zool. 8, 263 p. WILLIAMS, J. R. 1962. A new genus and species JAIRAJPURI, M. S. 1964. Studies on Nygellidae of Nygolaimidae (Enoplida). Nematologica n. fam. and Belondiridae Thorne, 1939 (Nem- 8: 225-228.

Seven New Species of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda) from India, with Descriptions of Lenonchium n. gen. and Galophinema n. gen. M. RAFIQ SIDDIQI*

The nematocles described here were col- Prodorylaimus Andrassy, 1959; and Encho- lected in India from soil associated with the dorella Khan, 1964 (syn. Nordia Jairajpuri roots of plants and trees. The worms were and A. H. Siddiqi, 1964, vide Siddiqi^ 1964a). relaxed in hot water, fixed in F.A. 4 : 10, and It differs from Pungentus in lacking sclerotized mounted in dehydrated glycerin by a method platelets around the vestibulum and by having following Siddiqi (1964). The type slides are differently shaped spear extension and tail. in the Nematode Collections of Dr. M. Rafiq From Enchodelus it can be differentiated in Siddiqi at the Zoology Museum, Aligarh Mus- having enlarged part of the esophagus mea- lim University, Aligarh, India. suring more than half its length, long, drawn- out tails in the two sexes, and contiguous sup- Family Dorylaimidae de Man, 1876 plementary papillae in the male. The atten- Lenonchium n. gen. uated spear, its extension, and single guiding DIAGNOSIS: Medium-sized dorylaims. Head ring help in differentiating this genus from narrow; amphidial apertures slit-like. Spear Prodorylaimus, and finally from Enchodorella lineate with small aperture. Spear extension it is distinguished by having the expanded part rod-like, slightly swollen at base. Spear guid- of the esophagus measuring more than half the ing ring single, prominent, near anterior end length of the esophagus and long attenuated of body. Esophagus muscular, enlarged in tail. more than half its length. Outlet of dorsal Lenonchium onjzae n. gen., n. sp. esophageal gland near front end of enlarged part of esophagus; sub ventral glands widely (Fig. 1,A-K) separated from dorsal gland. Vulva transverse. MEASUREMENTS: Female (holotype): L = Female gonads paired, reflexed at the oviduct. 2.5 mm; a = 65; b = 7; c = 12; V = Testes also paired, dorylaimoid. Spicula large, n-46.5%-n. dorylaimoid, with small lateral guiding pieces. Male (allotype): L - 2.0 mm; a = 58; Supplements in the form of an aclanal pair b = 5.3; c = 14; T = 55%. and a ventromedian series of numerous con- Juvenile (1): L = 1.9 mm; a = 67; b = tiguous papillae. Tails of both sexes elongate- 5.8; c = 8.3; spear = 16 ^ spear extension = filiform. Possibly parasitic on plant roots. 20 p,; spear in esophagus = 19 p.. TYPE SPECIES: Lenonchium onjzae n. gen., DESCRIPTION: FEMALE: Body slightly ven- n. sp. trally arcuate. Cuticle in two layers, marked RELATIONSHIP: Lenonchium n. gen. is re- by fine transverse striae. Lateral hypodermal lated to the genera Pungentus Thorne and chords % body width, with obscure glandular Swanger, 1936; Enchodelus Thorne, 1939; bodies. Amphids stirrup-shaped, sensillar sacs one spear length behind amphidial apertures 1 Section of Nematology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India. (Fig. 1, A). Head smoothly rounded, contin-

Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington JANUARY, 1965] HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 83 uous with body contour, with six inner and fine transverse striae. Amphids large, pocket- ten outer labial papillae. Spear needle-like, like, at level of lip region (Fig. 2, A). Lip 19.5 /A long, with small aperture; its guiding region expanded, knob-like, 11 X 5 //,. Spear ring single, prominent, half spear length from guiding ring single, 8 //, from anterior end. anterior end; spear extension slightly swollen Spear cylindroid, 15 p long, its extension sim- in its posterior half, about as long as spear. ple, 20 ^ in length. Esophagus a slender tube Posterior 55% of esophagus enlarged until until it expands in its last two-fifths. Nerve about half the corresponding body width; its ring 90 ^ from front end. Esophago-intestinal glands as shown in Fig. 1, E. Nerve ring valve large, rounded. Prerectum about three 100 /JL from front end. Esophago-intestinal times body width long; rectum one anal body valve rounded, J/i as wide as body. width in length. Tail conoid to a rounded Vulva a depressed transverse slit; vagina terminus, about twice anal-body width long. extending halfway into body, enveloped by Vulva a transverse slit, vagina extending % thick sphincter muscles. Gonads paired, sym- into body. Gonads paired, symmetrically op- metrical. Each uterus elongate, connected with posed, reflexed at the oviduct; ovaries straight, the oviduct through a narrow passage guarded with a single row of oocytes. by sphincter muscles (Fig. 1, G). Oviducts MALE: Not found. and ovaries also elongate; oocytes in a single RELATIONSHIP: Kochinema secutum n. sp. row. Rectum 1% times anal— body width long. differs from K. proamphidum Heyns, 1963, Tail elongate-filiform, 8 anal-body widths the only known species in the genus, by having long, ending in a finely rounded terminus. a more slender body, shorter and more robust MALE: Body ventrally arcuate, more so in spear, and straight ovaries. the hinder region. Head, spear, and esophagus TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Collected as described for female. Anterior part of from soil around roots of banana, Musa para- esophagus narrowed near region of nerve ring, disiaca L., at Vangaon (Thana District), Ma- posterior part occupying 58% of esophageal harashtra State, India. length. Testes elongate, one outstretched anteriorly, other reflexed. Sperms elongate, Genus Discolaimium Thorne, 1939 with tapering ends (Fig. 1, H). Spicula 75 p. Discolaimium monhystera n. sp. (Fig. 3, J, K) long, with 10-^-long lateral guiding pieces (Fig. 1, K). Supplements consist of an adanal MEASUREMENTS: Female (holotype): L = pair and a ventromeclian series of 18 contiguous 1.22 mm; a = 53; b = 5; c = 38; V = papillae; ventromedian series beginning half 38.5%«-(i. spicular length in front of cloaca and extending FEMALE (paratype): L = 1.23 mm; a — up to intestine-prerectum junction or three 58; b = 4.7; c = 40; V = 40%. spicular lengths anterior to cloaca. Tail elon- DESCRIPTION: Body cuticle thick, in three gate—filiform, 5.5 times anal-body width long. layers, marked by fine transverse striae. Lat- TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Paddy, Onjza eral hypodermal chords % body width. Am- sativa L., near Patna City, Bihar State, India. phids stirrup-shaped. Head set off from body by a deep constriction, a little less than half Genus Kochinema Heyns, 1963 as wide as body at neck base. Spear cylin- Kochinema secutum n. sp. (Fig. 2, A-D) drical, 8-9 p, long, with aperture slightly less MEASUBEMENTS : Female (holotype): L = than half its length; spear extension twice its 1.03 mm; a = 38; b = 4.7; c = 28; V = length; guiding ring large, behind labial constriction. Esophagus enlarged near its middle. DESCRIPTION: FEMALE: Body slightly ven- Orifice of dorsal esophageal gland one body trally arcuate when relaxed. Cuticle marked by width from anterior end of enlarged part of

Fig. 1. A-K. Lenonchium onjzae n. gen., n. sp. A. Head end of female. B. Front end of enlarged part of esophagus showing dorsal gland. C. Tail end of male. D. Head end of male. E. Esophageal region of female. F. Tail of female. G. Anterior gonad of female. H. Sperms. I. Esoph- ageal region of male. J. Front end of larva showing developing spear in esophagus. K. Spicular region of male.

Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington JANUARY, 1965] HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 85 esophagus. Esophago-intestinal valve % as esophagus divisible into three almost equal wide as body. parts (Fig. 2, E). Esophago-intestinal valve Vulva transverse, about one esophageal rounded. Nerve ring near middle of neck. length behind base of esophagus; vagina Vulva a transverse slit, J/4 as long as slightly directed posteriad. Anterior set of re- width of body. Vagina thick-walled, with a productive organs absent, posterior normal. +-shaped lumen (Fig, 2, G). Gonad mono- Ovary reflexed about halfway back to vulva. clelphic, opisthodelphic. Anterior uterine sac Prerectum a little over one tail length, extend- a body width long. Prerectum 3-3'X> times ing over rectum which is slightly longer than body-width; rectum a little longer than anal- one anal-body width. Tail convex-conoid to body width. Tail regularly tapering to a finely a rounded terminus, twice anal-body width rounded terminus, 11 times anal-body width long. long. MALE: Not found. MALE: Essentially similar to female. Testes RELATIONSHIP: The presence of only one paired, dorylaimoid. Spicula also dorylaimoid, ovary differentiates Discolaimium monhystera distinctly cephalated, 23-24 ^ long. Supple- n. sp. from all the nominal species of the ments consist of an aclanal pair and two ventro- genus. However, it has some resemblance with median papillae located at 27 and 46 ^ anteriad D. cylindricum Thorne, 1939, from which it cloaca; a third obscure papilla located 90 //, in differs in having longer tail, more anteriorly front of cloaca. Tail dorsally convex-conoid placed vulva, and only one ovary. in its first seventh then elongate-filiform, 8-9 TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Collected from times anal-body width long. soil around roots of tobacco at Vangaon (Thana RELATIONSHIP: Donjlaimoides longiurus n. District), Maharashtra State, India. sp. comes close to D. commis Thorne, 1939 and D. paraconurus Heyns, 1963. From D. conurus Family Leptonchidae Thorne, 1935 it differs in having a shorter tail, more posterior Genus Donjlaimoides Thorne and vulva (V = 27 in D. conurus), and vulva- Swanger, 1936 esophagus distance measuring about 6M> body Donjlaimoides longiurus n. sp. (Fig. 2, E-L) widths as compared to less than three body MEASUREMENTS: Female (holotype): L = widths in D. conurus., and from D. paraconurus 1.03 mm; a = 45; b = 6.1; c = 7.4; V = it can easily be differentiated by having smaller 2-4-31%-lS. spear, smaller enlarged part of the esophagus (more than half the esophageal length in D. MALE (allotype): L = 1.03 mm; a = 49; b = 6; c = 7.9; T = 46%. paraconurus), and a more anterior vulva. TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Collected from MALE (paratype): L = 1.00 mm; a = 50; b = 6.2; c = 7.5; T = 40%. soil around roots of forest trees near Tanakpur (near India-Nepal border), Nainital District, DESCRIPTION: FEMALE: Body only slightly U.P., India. ventrally arcuate when relaxed, tapering regularly anteriad from vulva until lip region be- Genus Tylencholaimellus N. A. Cobb in comes 3/i body width, and posteriorly towards M. V. Cobb, 1915 an elongate filiform tail. Body cuticle com- Tylencholaimellus sayeedi'2 n. sp. posed of two finely striated layers. Lateral (Fig. 3, A-D) hypoclermal chords narrow. Amphicls stirrup- shaped, two-thirds lip region width at its base. MEASUREMENTS: Female (holotype): L = Spear asymmetrical, less than a head width 0.39 mm; a = 20; b = 3.7; c = 8.6; V = long; spear extension not sclerotized, with an- 37%-21. gular lumen, 1M> head widths long; spear 2 Named after my late elder brother, Mr. Sayeecl Akhtar Siddiqi, who helped me in collecting this worm on 11 guiding ring single. Behind spear extension, February 1962, just 1 year before his death.

Fig. 2. A-D. Kochinema secutum n. sp. A. Head end of female. B. Tail end of female. C. Female. D. Vulvar region. E-L. Donjlaimoides longiurus n. sp. E. Female. F. Vulva, ventral view. G. Vagina, ventral view. H. Vulvar region, lateral view. I. Head end of female. J. Head end of male, ventral view. K. Spienlar region of male. L. Tail end of male.

DESCRIPTION: FEMALE: Body slightly ven- Spear with prominent knobs, 25 p. or about two trally arcuate. Outer and inner layers of body head widths long; sclerotized part 18 p, long, cuticle marked by fine transverse striae. Am- with aperture occupying % its length; guiding phids large, stirrup-shaped, half as wide as ring frail, a little behind labial constriction. head at base. Head only slightly marked off Esophagus expanding in its last sixth to an oval from body, % body width at neck base; labial offset bulb; nuclei of dorsal and two sub- papillae raised, inner ones forming a labial disc ventral glands distinct (Fig. 3, G). Esophago- (Fig. 3, A). Spear guiding ring frail, one intestinal valve rounded, % body width. head width from anterior end. Spear typical of Vulva transverse, about one esophageal the genus, 14 ^ or 2M: times head width long; length behind neck base. Vagina thick-walled, anterior sclerotized part with a less prominent not sclerotized, extending about % into body. dorsal stiffening piece, 9 p, long; spear knobs Anterior uterine sac 1% body widths long, prominent. Basal bulb of esophagus about one packed with small, spindle-shaped sperms. body width long, set off from anterior slender Posterior set of reproductive organs well de- part. Esophago-intestinal valve small, rounded. veloped; ovary reflexed halfway back to vulva Prerectum twice body width long. Tail elon- (Fig. 3, F). Prerectum collapsed, about three gate-conoid to a finely rounded terminus, a body widths long; rectum % anal—body width. little less than four anal— body widths long Tail conoid rounded, a little less than one (Fig. 3, B). anal-body width long, with two pairs of pores Vulva a small transverse slit, two body (Fig. 3, H). widths behind base of neck. Gonad mono- MALE: Similar to female. Spear with exten- delphic, opisthodelphic. Anterior uterine sac sion 25 p. long. Testes paired, dorylaimoid. absent. Ovary long, reflexed back to vulva Spicula dorylaimoid, slender, 35 ^ long; lateral (Fig. 3, D). ' guiding pieces not observed. Supplements con- MALE: Not found. sist of a preanal pair and a ventromedian RELATIONSHIP: In having a small body size, papilla located at 40 ^ antcriad cloaca (Fig. Tylencholaimellus sayeedi n. sp. comes close 3, I). Tail with two pairs of pores. to T. mariannae Andrassy, 1958 and T. eskei RELATIONSHIP: Tylencholaimellus plurAalis Siddiqi and Khan, 1964, from both of which n. sp. is closer to T. affinis (Brakenhoff, 1914) it remarkably differs in having a long atten- Thorne, 1939 and T. polonicus Szczygiel, 1962. uated tail and a labial disc. T. affinis has a body size of 1.2 mm; a lip TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Collected from region continuous with body contour and spear soil around roots of jungle trees in Deowangan aperture measuring about % the length of an- Valley, Karwi (Banda District), U.P., India. terior sclerotized part. T. polonicus has 1.0- 1.4-mm-long body, vulva located on 25.1—29% Tylencholaimellus pluvialis n. sp. (Fig. 3, E— I) of body, very little tapering in caudal region, and spicules measuring 59 ^ long. MEASUREMENTS: Female (holotype) : L = TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Collected 0.885 mm; a = 24; b = 5.9; c = 40; V = around roots of pine tree at Simla (Punjab State), India. MALE (allotype): L = 0.86 mm; a = 27; b = 6.1; c = 61; T = 42%. Galophinema n. gen. DESCRIPTION: FEMALE: Body plump, ventrally arcuate. Cuticle thick, marked by fine DIAGNOSIS: Leptonchidae: Large-sized, slen- transverse striae. Amphids stirrup-shaped, two- der dorylaims. Amphids cup-shaped, with thirds head width. Head rounded, offset, with elongate—ellipsoidal apertures. Spear guiding six inner liplets around mouth, % body width. ring a sclerotized belt-like structure near base

Fig. 3. A-D. Tylencholaimellus sayeedi n. sp. A. Head end of female. B. Tail end of female. C. Amphid. D. Reproductive region of female. E-I. Tylencholaimellus pluvialis n. sp. E. Head end of female. F. Reproductive region of female. G. Basal bulb of female esophagus. H. Tail end of female. I. Tail end of male. T-K. Discolaimium monhystera n. sp. J. Head end of female. K. Tail end of female.

Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington JANUARY, 1965] HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 89 of lip region. Spear small, irregular in outline. extension 11 //, long (Fig. 4, A). Esophagus Spear extension a simple, straight, sclerotized expanding in its basal ~h to be 14 p. wide. Inner tube, its base enveloped by muscular tissue. cuticular walls of enlarged part of esophagus Esophagus a slender tube, gradually expanding thick, sclerotized in anterior two-sevenths. posteriorly to form a cylindroid bulb measuring Esophago-intestinal valve large, elongate- less than % its length. Female gonad paired. rounded. Vulva circular in type species; vaginal wall not Vulva a small circular opening (Fig. 4, G). sclerotized. Tail elongate-conoid. Male un- Vagina at right angles to body axis, with thick known. muscular walls and a +-shaped lumen (Fig. TYPE SPECIES: Galophinema lenorum n. gen., 4, I). Gonads paired, reflexed at oviduct. n. sp. Uterus—oviduct junction controlled by a sphinc- RELATIONSHIP: Galophinema n. gen. comes ter muscle. Prerectum not definite; rectum less close to Donjlaimoides Thome and Swanger, than anal-body width. Tail elongate-conoid 1936, from which it differs in having a belt- with distal end slightly directed dorsad, about like sclerotized spear guiding ring and cylin- nine anal-body widths long; terminus finely drical, sclerotized spear extension. The sclero- rounded (Fig. 4, D). tized spear guiding ring of Galophinema has MALE: Not found. some resemblance with the stomal chamber of TYPE HABITAT AND LOCALITY: Collected Sivangeria Thorne, 1939, but it differs from from mud around roots of paddy, Oryza sativa this genus in having an altogether different L., near Patna City (Bihar State), India. type of spear and its extension and in lacking a sheath around the enlarged part of the LITERATURE CITED esophagus. HEYNS, J. 1963. New species of the superfamily Doiylaimoiclea (Nemata) from South African Galophinema lenorum n. gen., n. sp. soils, with a description of a new genus (Fig.4,A-I) Kochinema. S. Afr. J. Agric. Sci. 6: 289-302. KHAN, E. 1964. Enchodorella, a new nematocle MEASUREMENTS: Female (holotype): L = genus in the family Dorylaimidae with de- 3.87 mm; a = 120; b = 14; c = 22; V = 40%. scription of E. perveeni n. sp. L. J. Sci. Tech. Juvenile I: L = 2.3 mm; a = 95; b = 15.3; (India) 2: 49-51. c = 18.4. SIDDIQI, M. R. 1964. Studies on Discolaimus Juvenile II: L = 2.7 mm; a = 109; b = spp. (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae) from India. 13.5; c = 20. Zeitschr. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch 2: 174- DESCRIPTION: FEMALE: Body elongate- 184. cylindrical, almost straight, cuticle apparently . 1964a. On the occurrence of Encho- double-layered, marked by very fine trans- dorella okhlaensis Jairajpuri and Siddiqi, 1964 verse striae. Amphids cup-shaped, about % in Jhelum City, West Pakistan, with notes on head width (Fig. 4, F). Head smoothly round- the synonymy of Nordia Jairajpuri and Sidtliqi, ed, continuous with body contour. Mouth a 1964 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). L. J. Sci. Tech. (India) 2: 208. depressed circular opening bordered by six amalgamated lips bearing six inner and ten , AND E. KHAN. 1964. Tylencholaimellus eskei n. sp. (Nematoda: Leptonchidae), with outer papillae. Stoma leading into a small a key to the species of Tijlencholaimellus. sclerotized chamber at level of amphidial aper- Nematologica 10: 105=107. tures. This chamber appears to be formed by SZCZYGIEL, A. 1962. A new soil nematode Ty- six sclerotized elements and represents a belt- lencholaimellus polonicus sp. n. (Nematoda, like spear guiding ring. Leptonchidae) from Poland. Bull. Acad. Pol. Spear 4.5 /_L long, with a small aperture; Sci. 10: 473-477.

Fig. 4. A-I. Galophinema lenorum n. gen., n. sp. A. Head end of female. B. Head end of female, ventral. C. Posterior gonad of female. D. Tail of female. E. Enlarged part of esophagus of female. F. Amphid of female. G. Vulva, ventral. H. Vagina, ventral. I. Front end of larva showing developing spear in esophagus.

THORNE, G. 1939. A monograph of the nema- graph of the nematode genera Dorylaimus todes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Cap- Dujardin, Aporcelairmis n. g., Dorylaimoides ita Zool. 8: 1-261. n. g. and Pungentus n. g. Capita Zool. 6: , AND HELEN H. SWANGER. 1936. A mono- 1-223.

Nothotylenchus acutus n. sp. and N. basiri 11. sp. (Nematoda : Nothotylenchinae) from North India1 SHAHID HASAN KHAN

Some male and female nematodes of the esophageal bulb joined to the intestine by a genus Nothotylenchus Thorne, 1941, were col- small rounded cardia. Distance from the an- lected by the author from soil around the roots terior end of the body to base of corpus shorter of Plumeria acutifolia and Mangifera indica in than that from the latter to the base of esoph- Shahjahanpur District, U.P., India. On study agus. Nerve ring enveloping esophagus near they were found to represent two new species, middle of isthmus. Hemizonid distinct, about for which the names N. acutus and N. basiri2 two body annules long, located immediately are proposed. above the excretory pore. Excretory duct distinct, emptying through a pore located in the Nothotylenchus acutus n. sp. (Fig. 1, A-F) region of the basal esophageal bulb. Vulva a transverse slit, located at 76.3% of MEASUREMENTS: Paratypes: Females (6): body from the anterior end. Vagina with thick L = 0.39-0.507 mm; a = 22-28; b = 4-6; walls, about one-fourth vulvar body width long. c = 8-11; V = 70-76.3%; spear = 7-9 ^ Uterus a muscular tube with folded walls. Males (4): L = 0.37-0.411 mm; a = 26-37; Spermatheca present, filled with sperms. Ovary b = 4.8-5; c = 8-9; spear = 6-8 /x,; spicula — single, prodelphic, with oocytes arranged in a 12-15 /x,; gubernaculum = 4-5 p. single file (egg in a paratype measuring 53 X Female (holotype): L — 0.507 mm; a = 16 fi). Postvulvar uterine sac slightly over 28; b = 6; c = 11; V = 76.3%. one and a half times vulvar body width long, Body slender, tapering at either end, assum- extending in the body slightly less than one- ing a slightly ventrally arcuate position, more third the distance from vulva to anus, contain- so in the tail region, when relaxed in hot water. ing sperms. Vulva-anus distance about 1% Cuticle marked by transverse striae measuring times that of tail length. 1.5 p, apart at mid-body. Lateral fields having Intestinal cells packed with small spheroid four incisures, occupying an area slightly over food granules. Anus distinct. Tail ventrally one-fourth the body width. Lip region low, arcuate, cylindroid, regularly tapering to a rounded, smooth. Buccal spear slender, 7 p. finely pointed terminus, about six times anal- long. Basal knobs of spear rounded, 2 ^ across, body width in length. attached to the labial framework through Male (allotype): L = 0.411 mm; a = 37; powerful protrudor muscles. Outlet of dorsal b = 5; c = 8; spear = 6.5 ^; spicula = 14.3 p.; esophageal gland 1.5 ^ behind spear base. gubernaculum = 4 p.. Corpus a slender tube, with a valveless spindle- Body similar to that of female. Buccal spear shaped median swelling. Isthmus narrower 6.5 p long. Esophagus and its glands as de- than corpus, joined to a well set off basal scribed for female. Excretory pore in region of bulb, having three esophageal glands. Basal basal esophageal bulb, just behind hemizonid. Testis single, outstretched. Spicula paired, 1 Contribution from the Nematology Section, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), slender, slightly arcuate, 14.3 p, long. Guber- India. - Named after Prof. M. A. Basir under whose guidance naculum trough-shaped, 4 ^ in length. Bursa this work was done. arising in the region of the head of spicula and The author is thankful to Dr. M. Rafiq Sicldiqi for his valuable suggestions. covering one-third of tail. Tail cylindroid, reg-