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Mesocestoidcs lincatus (Goeze, 1782), Railliet, 1893. 



One specimen, without head, probably from the Zoological 

 Gardens, Calcutta. 



Z E V i'V-- Felis tigris. 1 ?• 



Synonymy: — 



Taenia canis-lagopodis, Rudolphi, 1810. 

 ,, pseiido-cucitmerina, Baillet, 1863. 

 pseudo-elliptica, Baillet, 1863. 

 Ptyclwphysa lineata (Goeze, 1782), Hamann, 1885. 



I/iterature : — 



Ransom, 1909. Liihe, 1894. Ariola, 1899. Fuhrmann, 1907. Walter, 

 1866. Hamann, 1885. 



Family ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE, Fuhrmann, 1907. 



Family diagnosis: — Taenioidea, Scolex unarmed, without 

 rostellum. Suckers relatively large, unarmed. Neck absent. 

 Segments usually broader than long. A single or double set of 

 reproductive organs in each segment. Genital pores marginal 

 and bilateral, unilateral, or irregularly alternate or(?) absent. 

 Testicles numerous or rarely {Triplotaenia) one in each lateral 

 half of the segment. Median axis of female glands lateral of the 

 median axis of segment. Uterus persistent, and transversely 

 elongated, either tubular, sac-like, branched or reticular; or not 

 persistent replaced by egg capsules whose formation may, or may 

 not, be preceded by the appearance of para-uterine organs. Eggs 

 with thin transparent shells, with or without a pyriform ap- 

 paratus. Adults in mammals and birds. 



Sub-family (I) ANOPLOCEPHALINAE , Blanchard, 1891. 



Sub-family diagnosis : — Anoplocephalidae. Uterus persistent 

 and tubular, sac-like, branched or reticular. Adults in mammals 

 and birds. 



Type-genus Anoplocephala, E. Blanchard, 1848. 



Genus Anoplocephala, E. Blanchard, 1848, 



:= Plagiotaenia, Peters, 1871 (type Taenia gigaiitea, Peters, 1857). 



Generic diagnosis: — Anoplocephalinae. Segments usually 

 much broader than long, occasionally longer than broad. A 

 single set of reproductive organs in each segment. Genital pores 

 unilateral, or irregularly alternate. Genital canals pass on the 

 dorsal side of the longitudinal excretory vessels and nerve. 

 Testicles and female glands in the median field; female glands 

 toward the pore side of the segment, testicles toward the opposite 

 side. Uterus a transversely elongated sac with pocket-like ap- 

 pendages, anteriorly and posteriorly. Eggs with well-developed 

 pyriform apparatus. Adults in mammals. 



