Saurositus MacfieiSp. Nov., a Filarioid Parasite of the LizardAgama Mossambica MossambicaPeters

On a New Species of the Genus Saurositus from an Indian lizard

Three specimens of this species were collected on one occasion from the lizard Calotes versicolor. The material consists of one male and two females which were found entangled in the connective tissue of the body cavity.

These are thin worms measuring 11·5 mm. long in the male and 18·3 mm. in the female. The maximum body diameter is 0·23 and 0·35 mm. respectively in the male and the female.

Some parasitic nematodes from the Cameroons (W. Africa)

1. A new species of Oxysomatium (O. minutum) is described from a frog Rana ptychadena mascareniensis.

2. The crested chameleon (C.? cristatus) and Bufo supercilioris are reported as new species of hosts recorded for Africana africana (Gendre, 1909) Travassos, 1920.

3. Strongyluris brevicandata Müller, 1894 and Thelandros sp. are reported from Agama agama agama.

4. Amplicaecum involutum (Gedoelst, 1916) Yorke and Maplestone, 1926 is redescribed from Chamaeleon (?) cristatus which is regarded as a new host record and A. pesteri n.sp. from Bufo superciloris is described to be the smallest species of this genus.