SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 163 



HELMINTHE8 FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE COLOMBO 



MUSEUM. 



By Dr. 0. VON LiNSTOW. 



(^Gottlngen.') 

 With three Plates. 



T I iHIS report on Parasitic Worms from Ceylon is a continuation 

 -*- of my description of Nematodes in Spolia Zeylanica,\o\. I., 

 part IV. (1904). There are altogether in the second consignment 

 which was sent to me fifty-one species, of which thirty belong 

 to the Nematoda, one to the Acanthocephala, seven to the 

 Trematoda, and thirteen to the Cestoda ; of these, thirty are 

 described as new, and three new genera of Cestoda have had to be 

 established. 



The following species are dealt with : — 



Nematoda. 



1. Ascaris spicuKgera, Hud., irom Plotus melanogaster. 



2. Ascaris fissicollis, n.sp., from Haliastur indus. 



3. Ascaris coronata, n.sp., from Ardeola Qrayi. 



4. Ascaris brachycheilos , n.sp., from Tropidonotus asperrimus. 



5. Physaloptera brevispiculum, n.sp., from Felis rubiginosa. 



6. Spiroptera secretoria., n.sp., from Plotus melanogaster. 



7. Spiroptera orca, n.sp., from Manis pentadactyla. 



8- Spiroptera sanguinolenta , Rud. , from Canis familiaris. 



9. Spiroptera, spec. '? from Cittacincla macroura. 



10. Spiroptera, spec. ? from Pavo cristatus. 



11. Spiroptera, spec. ? from Sciurus palmarum. 



12. Heterakis pusilla, n.sp., from Oallus Lafayetti. 



13. Heterakis granulosa, n.sp., from Oallus gallinaceus. 



14. Strong ylus digitatus, n.sp., irom Bos taurus. 



15. Kalicephalus roilleyi, v. Linst. , from Typhlops hraminus. 



16. Oxyuris megaloon, n.sp., irom Hemidactylus Leschenaultii. 



17. Oxysoma falcatum, n.sp., from Nicoria trijuga. 



18. Dispharagus macrolaimus , n.sp., from Plotus melanogaster. 



19. Sclerostomum eqiiinum, Miiller, from Equus caballus. 



20. Ankylostomum minimum, n.sp., from Felis rubiginosa. 



21. Ankylostomum trigonocephalum, Rud., from Canis familiaris. 



22. Syngamus trachealis, v. Slab., from Oallus gallinaceus. 



23. Filaria ? Zschokkei, Meyer, from Manis pentadactyla. 



24. Filaria intimitis, Leidy, from Canis familiaris. 



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