DR. T. S. COBBOLD's SYNOPSIS OF THE DISTOMID^. 7 



Hab. In April 1788, Treutler found numerous examples in the liver of 

 Phoca barbata. 



8. DiSTOMA ORBicuLARE, Diesing. 



D. orbiculare, Diesing, i. p, 349; et in Denkschrift. der k. Akad, d> 



Wien. fiir 1855, p. 64, cum figs. 

 Hab. Natterer discovered this species in the small intestine of a Brazilian 



monkey {Cebus trivirgatus), on one occasion at Eugenho do Cap 



Gama in October, and on another at Matogrosso, early in the month 



of Jime . 



9. DiSTOMA CHiLOSTOMUM, Mehlis. 

 D. chilostomum, Mehlis, Diesing. 



D. noctulce, Rudolphi. 



Hab. Recorded as found in the intestines of Vespertilio noctula by 

 Bremser ; in V. auritus by Siebold ; in V. Nattereri, murinus, Dau- 

 bentoni, mystacinus, serotinus, Leisleri, and discolor, by Mehhs. 



10. DiSTOMA Lima, Rudolphi. 



D. Lima, Rudolphi, Dujardin, Creplin, Mehlis, Diesing. 



D. Vespertilionis, Zeder. 



Fasciola picta, Rudolphi. 



Planaria Vespertilionis, Goeze. 



Hab. Has been found at all seasons in the intestines of Vespertilio 

 auritus, by Miiller, Goeze, Weigel, and Bremser ; in V. murinus, by 

 Bremser and Rudolphi. It has been also obtained from V. discolor, 

 V. noctula, and V. Pipistrellus ; from Rhinolophus Ferrum-equinum by 

 Bremser ; in Molossus nasutus and M. rufus, in Brazil in the month 

 of November by Natterer. 



U. DiSTOMA FLEXUOSUM, Rudolphi. 



D. flexuosum, Rudolphi, Dujardin, Diesing. 



Hab. Found in the intestines and abdominal cavity of Talpa europcea. 

 Out of seventy-four Moles dissected by Dujardin, only nine vrere in- 

 fested. It has also been obtained by Hildenbrand and others. 



12. DiSTOMA PUSiLLUM, Zcdcr. 



D. pusillum, Zeder, Dujardin, Rudolphi, Diesing. 



Fasciola pusilla, Rudolphi. 



Planaria pusilla, Braun. 



Hab. Infests the common Hedgehog {Erinaceus europaus). Braun 

 found it under the skin in Maj', Creplin in the subcutaneous cellular 

 tissue in July, and Dujardin in the mesentery in March. It is usually 

 encysted. 



13. DiSTOMA RUDE, Dicsing. 

 D. rude, Diesing. 



Hab. Discovered by Natterer at Matagrosso, Brazil, in September, in 

 a female otter ( Lutra brasiliensis). There were fourteen individuals 

 arranged in pairs and occupying seven cysts, the latter being enclosed 

 in a fibro-osseous substance. 



