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Type-species Stilesia glohipunctata (Rivolta, 1874), Railliet, 

 1893. 



Stilesia globipunctata (Rivolta, 1874), Railliet, 1893. 

 A few specimens : — 



Z E V — y-i. Goat {Capva hirciis). Kasauli. Major Clayton Lane, 



I. M.S. 

 Z E V ^-''^^. Sheep {^Ovis aries). Lahore, Punjab. Punjab Civil 



Veterinary Department. 



Synonymy : — 



Taenia globipunctata, Rivolta, 1874. 



lyiterature : — 



Curtice, iSgo. 



Family DAVAINEIDAE, Fuhrmann, 1907. 



Family diagnosis : — Taenioidea. Scolex with simple rostel- 

 lum, armed with double row (rarely a simple row) of very nume- 

 rous (and generally very small) hammer-shaped hooks. Suckers 

 armed, or, rarely unarmed, A single or double set of repro- 

 ductive organs in each segment. Genital pores marginal, and 

 bilateral, unilateral, or alternating. Uterus sac-like, persisting, or 

 sac-like or branched not persistent, replaced either by numerous 

 egg capsules, or by a single egg capsule, whose formation is 

 preceded by the appearance of a para-uterine organ. Egg with 

 thin transparent shell. Adults in mammals and birds. 



Type-genus Davainea, Blanchard and Railliet, 1891. 



Sub-family OPHRYOCOTYLINAE , Fuhrmann, 1907. 



Sub-family diagnosis: — Davaineidae. Rostellum very broad, 

 armed with a double row of hooks on the border. Surface of 

 suckers armed only near the anterior border. A single set of 

 reproductive organs in each segment. Genital pores irregularly 

 alternate. Uterus sac-like, slightly bilobed, persistent. Adults in 

 birds. 



Type-genus Ophryocotyle , Friis, 1870. 



Genus Ophryocotyle, Friis, 1870. 



Generic diagnosis : — Ophryocotylinae, with the characters of 

 the sub-family. 



Type-species Ophryocotyle proteus, Friis, 1870. 



Ophryocotyle bengalensis, Southwell, 1913. 

 About 60 specimens : — 



ZEV ^J/-^. Labeo rohita and Opliiocephaliis stria- 



tus. Berhanipur, Bengal ... T. Southwell. 



(Types). 

 ZEV-^-V*^. Wallago attii. Berhanipur, Bengal ... T.Southwell. 



