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Type-species Anoplocephala perfoliata (Goeze, 1782), E. Blan- 

 chard, 1848. 



(I) Anoplocephala plicata (Zed., 1800), R. Blanchard, 1891. 

 One specimen : — 



ZEv±-*'-f2. Horse (Eqinis cabalhis). Lahore. Punjab Civil Veteri- 

 nary Department. 



Synonymy : — 



Taenia pUcnia (Zed., 1800), Rudolphi, 1805. 



,, equina, Pallas, 1781. 



,, magna, Abeldg. in Mueller, 1789. 

 Alyselminthiis plicatus, Zeder, 1800. 



Literature : — 



Rudolphi, 1810. Neumann, 1892. 



(2) Anoplocephala gigantea (Peters, 1856), R. Blanchard, 1891. 

 Five specimens : — 



ZEVi^y'A Rhinoceros nnicomis. Janakpur, Nepal Terai. Museum 

 Collector, R. Hodgart. 



Synonymy : — 



Taenia gigantea, Peters, 1857. 

 Plagiotaenia gigantea, Peters, 1871. 



Literature : — 



Peters, 1857 and 1871. 



Sub- family (II) THYSANOSOMINAE, Fuhrmann, 1907. 



Sub-family diagnosis :— Anoplocephalidae. Uterus transverse- 

 ly elongated, consisting of several or numerous communicating 

 sacs, with parenchymatous para-uterine organs, into which the 

 eggs' probably pass in the oldest segments. Adults in mammals. 



Type-genus Thysanosoma, Diesing, 1835. 



(I) Genus Thysanosoma, Diesing, 1835. 



Generic diagnosis : — Thysanosominae. Segments much broader 

 than long, end segments only showing a tendency to become 

 longer and narrower. A double set of reproductive organs, but 

 only a single uterus in each segment, with opposite, or with 

 irregularly alternating pores, those of one side, with the corres- 

 ponding cirrus pouch, ovary, and vagina having been suppressed. 

 Genital canals pass between the longitudinal excretory vessels, and 

 dorsal of the nerve. Uterus transverse, undulating, composed of 

 numerous ascon-like pouches, each supplied with a para-uterine 

 organ. Horns of pyriform apparatus absent. Adults in mammals 

 (ruminants). 



Type-species Thysanosoma actinioides, Diesing, 1835. 



