THE LIFE HISTORY OF PROSTHOGONIMUS PUTSCHKOWSKII FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF MUKDEN, SOUTH MANCHURIA I REPORT

ANAX PARTHENOPE AS THE INTERMEDIATE HOST AND INFESTATION EXPERIMENT WITH MALE FOWL

Abstract

1. The dragon-fly Anax parthenope is the intermediate host of Prosthogonimus putschkowskii found in the vicinity of Mukden.
2. Three species of dragon-flies other than Amax, viz. 2 Sympetrum sps. and 1 Orthetrum sp., are always free from the encysted larvae of the trematode under discussion.
3. The male fowl can be experimentally infested with the present parasite, especially harboured in the bursa fabricii.