BY T. HARVEY JOHNSTON. 



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Dipylidiwn caninum L. 

 AS evidence of the rapidity with which .some entozoa can 

 reach maturity it may be of interest to mention that I found 

 specimens of this cestode as well as the nematode Toxascaris 

 canis, in full egg-bearing in a puppy only six weeks old 

 (Sydney, September, 1909). 



Trematoda. 

 Bird Trematodes. 

 In some of my lists of parasites of Australian l)ird» 

 reference was made to the presence of certain trematodes 

 under the broad generic names- e.g. Ecliinostomwin, Mono- 

 stomum, etc. The flukes were submitted to \i\y friend, 

 Prof. S. J. Johnston, of Sydney University, who described 

 them, along with others, in his paper on the Trematode& 

 of Australian Birds (191()). 



They are as follows : — 



Host. 



Locality. 



Parasite. 



Niimtnius cyanopus 

 Himantopus leticoceplialu-^ 



Ckaradrius dominicus 



Herodias timoritnsis 



Ibis molucca 

 Cherwpsis atrata 

 Microeca fascinana 



Gladstone, Q. 

 South Austialin 



Sydney 



Eidsvold, Q. 



Eidsvold, Q. 

 Victairia 

 Eidsvold, Q. 



EchinostomaJ., 1912, 1916,= 

 Himasthla harrisoni S.J.J. 

 Monostomum J., 1910. 

 1912,= Hceniatolrephns 

 adelphui S. J. J. 

 Echinostoma J., 1910, = 

 Acanthoparyphinm spinu- 



losum S. J. J. 

 Echinostoma J., 1912 = 

 Echinoparyphium o xyurum 

 S .J. J. & Patagifer fraternug 

 S. J. J. 



Echinostoma J., 1912 = 

 Patagifer acuminatus S. J. J 

 Monostomum J., 1910, 1912 

 = Hyptiasmus nrngii us S.J.J. 

 Echinostoma J., 1912 = 

 Echinoparyphium harvey- 



anum S. J. J. 



Dolichopera macalpini Nicoll. 

 This trematode was originally described (but not named) 

 by Macalpine (1891, p. 40) from the copper-headed snake, 

 Denisonia superba in Victoria. Nicoll included the species 

 (which he named) in his genus Dolichopera (1914, p. 343), 

 and in 1918 gave a description of the species mentioning 

 as hosts, the ti^er snake Noteclis scutafus (Victoria), the 



