1916. | T. SouTHWELL : Indian Cestoda. 
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Davainea echinobothrida (Megnin, 1881) R. Blanchard, 
18gI. 
ZEV $171 Gallus bankiva. Berhampur, Major Lane, I.M.S. Over thirty 
(Hen). Bengal. specimens. 
Synonyms:—Taenia infundibuliformis, Megnin  (part.), 
1880. 
Taenia echinobothrida, Megnin, 1880. 
Literature :—Stiles and Hassall, 1896; Ransom, 1905. 
Davainea corvina, Fiihrmann, 1905. 
ZEV £148 Pica rustica. Zoological Gardens, Two specimens. 
(Magpie. ) Calcutta, 
Our specimens agree exactly with the description given by 
Fuhrmann. 
Synonym :-—Davainea polycalcaria, von Linstow, 1906. 
Literature :—Fiihrmann, 1905; von Linstow, 1900. 
Examples of this parasite were also obtained as under :— 
Nine specimens, Corvus macrorhyn- Chilka Lake, Orissa. T. Southwell. 
chus. 
Twenty-one ,, Corvus macrorhyn- Sabour, Bihar. T. Southwell. 
chus and Corvus 
splendens. 
Twelve 5, Corvus splendens. Calcutta. T. Southwell. 
Six 5, Corvus macrorhyn- Colombo, Ceylon. T. Southwell. 
chus and Corvus 
splendens. 
Davainea cesticillus (Molin, 1858) R. Blanchard, 1891. 
ZEV 435 Small intestine of chick. 2 H. B. Ward. 
One specimen named and presented by Professor H. B. Ward 
of the University of Illinois. The locality is not given; presum- 
ably it is from the United States (Nebraska ?). 
Literature:—Molin, 1858; R. Blanchard, 18or. 
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Family HYMENOLEPIDIDAE, Railliet and Henry, 1909. 
For characters of family see Rec. Ind. Mus., Vol. IX, Pt. V, 
December 1913. : 
Sub-family HY MENOLEPIDINAE, Ransom, 1909. 
= Hymenolepinae, Perrier, 1897. 
Sub-family diagnosis:—Hymenolepididae. Rostel!'um armed 
with a single crown of hooks, or more rarely rudimentary and un- 
armed. Segments always broader than long. Longitudinal mus- 
cles in two layers. A single set of reproductive organs in each 
segment. Genital pores unilateral. Genital canals pass on the 
dorsal side of the longitudinal excretory vessels and nerve. Vas 
deferens always short, with seminal vesicle. Uterus persistent, 
sac-like. Eggs with three transparent shells. Adult in mammals 
and birds. 
Type-genus :—Hymenolepis, Weinland, 1858. 
