2 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



generally confined to a few details regarding the dimensions, the 

 general appearance of the strobila and the form of the scolex, 

 and even these are not accurate. But for the fact that most of 

 his types have been preserved in the Australian Museum, all of 

 his species might be justifiably rejected. Many of the type 

 specimens have become dried and are therefore of little or no 

 use, hut I have been fortunate enough in a few cases to find 

 rather better preserved material which I have been able to iden- 

 tify as belonging to the same species as the types in question. 



They have been commented upon by various authors but no 

 definite pronouncement has so far been possible. 



The re-examination of Krefft's species, therefore, seemed to me 

 desirable, and the Curator kindly placed the original material at 

 my disposal. In the following pages the majority of them 

 receive more or less attention according to their state of preser- 

 vation. 



Krefft described sixteen species as follows 1 : — 



(1) Tainia tuber culata. 



(2) Tainia nova; hollandice. 



(3) 2'ainia paradoxa. 



(4) Taenia forsteri. 



(5) Tainia fimbriata. 



(6) Tainia flavescens. 



(7) Tainta cylindrica. 



(8) Tainia coronata. 



(9) Tainia master&ii. 



(10) Tainia pkalangislce. 



(11) Tainia pediformis. 



(12) Tainia moschata. 



(13) Tainia rugosa. 



(14) Tainia ch/ajiii/deras. 



(15) Tamia bairdii. 



(16) Bothriocephalus marginatus. 



All of the above, excepting Nos. 4, 5, 9, 10 and 16, are from 

 birds, the exceptions being from mammals, the last three of them 

 being from marsupials. Of the above sixteen specific names, 

 five were already preoccupied in the genus Tenia, having been 

 used by previous workers, and therefore Krefft's species require 

 re naming if proved to be distinct. Under this list come (1) 

 T. fimbria ta, the name having been used previously by Batsch 

 in 1786, and hy Diesing in 1850 ; (2) T. rugosa, previously 



1 Krefft —Trans. Entoni. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii., 1873, pp. 200-227. 



