TAPE-WOKMS OF THE SUB-FAMIEY AVITELLIXIN-E. 319 



Stilesia vittata, Railliet. 



(1) From the small intestines of a dromed;iry, collected at 

 Alfort, April 22ud, 1896, from Prof. Railliet's collection 

 (XO.P196). Type. 



(2) From the small intestines of a dromedary, collected 

 at Alfort, May 27tli, 1906, from Prof. Kailliet's collection 

 (No. P192). 



(3) From the small intestine of a dromedary, collected in 

 British India by Leese, 1909, from Prof. Railliet's collection 

 (Xo. P713^^o). 



Stilesia liepatica, Wolffhiigel. 



(1) From the bile-ducts of sheep and goats^ collected in 

 German East Africa, belonging* to the Natural History 

 Museum, Berlin. Type. 



(2) From the bile-ducts of sheep, collected in the Lyden- 

 buvg District, Transvaal, belonging to the Natural History 

 Museum, Be'-Iin. Co-type. 



(3) From the bile-ducts of sheep, collected at Pi'etoria, 

 Transvaal, 1909 (author's collection). 



Stilesia Sjostedti, Fuhrmann. 



(1) From the bile-ducts of Hippo tragus equinus, col- 

 lected in North-east Rhodesia (author's collection). 



(2) From Tragelaph us si 1 vatic us me men sis, collected 

 by the Sjostedt expedition (Fuhrmann's type). 



Avitellina centrip uuctata (Rivolta). 



(1) From the small intestines of sheep, collected at Pretoria, 

 Transvaal, 1909 (author's collection). 



HiSTOKY OF THE GeNUS StILESIA. 



The genus Stilesia was proposed by Railliet (1893; to 

 include two species of tape-worm from the small intestines 

 of sheep, which had been described by Rivolta in 1874 as 

 T ae n i a g 1 o Ij i p u n c t a t a and T a; n i a c e n t r i p u n c t a t a . 



