282 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. IX, 



Duthiersia fimbriata (Diesing, 1850), Mont, and Crety, 1891. 

 Four specimens: — 



ZEV ^"^-i. ]\ira)ius exacautJiematiciis. Katagum, N. Nigeria. Dr. 



J. H. Ash worth. 

 (Two specimens, presented by Dr. Ashworth.) 

 ZEV -^-^Tj^-^. Varaniis sp. Berhampur, Bengal. Major Clayton Lane, 



I. M.S. 



Synonymy : — 



Solenophovoiis fimhriatiis. Diesing, 1854?. 

 Diitliiersia expansa, Perrier, 1873. 

 Duthiersia e/egans, Perrier, 1873. 



Literature : — 



Liihe, 1899. Perrier, 1873. Montecelli and Crety, 1891. 



The head-folds in our specimens had become so contorted 

 during preservation that the identification was somewhat difficult 

 A similar contortion is figured by Shipley (1903). 



(2) Genus Bothridium, Blainville, 1824. 



General characters: — Scolex with two muscular sucking tubes, 

 bearing openings at their anterior and posterior ends, which have 

 been developed from bothridia by the growth of their free edges. 

 In their walls there is a sphincter for each opening. Neck short. 

 The yolk glands lie chiefly between the inner and outer longitu- 

 dinal muscles. Uterus does not form a "rosette," but consists 

 of two large cavities, connected with a delicate passage. 



Bothridium pithonis, Blainville, 1824. 



Several hundred specimens. 



ZEV i^-^/--'*-. Python reticularis. Goalundo, E. Bengal. Purchased. 

 ZEV 2-7/-^. Felis tigris. Onchagaon, Naini Tal, U. P. R. Hod- 



gart. Museum Collector. 

 (It appears certain that this tiger had been feeding on a python.) 

 ZEV -*-*i^i. PytJion molurus. Nepal Terai. B. Warren. 



Synonymy : — 



Botrynocephalus pythonis (Retzius, 1830), Nordm, 1840. 

 Prodicoclia ditrema, Lebland, 1836. 

 Solenophorus megalocephalus, Creplin, 1839. 



Literature : — 



Blainville, 1828. 



Sub-family (III) PTYCHOBOTHRIINAE , Liihe, 1899. 



General characters: — Scolex unarmed with two flattish suckers, 

 which may, however, possess accessory suckers, or may be modi- 

 fied by a proliferation of their edges. Neck absent. All the 

 genital openings lie on the surfaces of the segments. The cirrus 



