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effect on the red c ell ; Python variegatus harbours at least 

 two quite distinct forms ; and then again we (J. & C, 1911 

 €C) have met Avith a species in Varanus Gould i which, to our 

 minds, is certainly different from that usually met with 

 in V. varius, 



4. Dendrophis punctulatus, Gray. The green tree-snake. 



a Hcemogregarina dendrophidis, Johnston & Cleland, 

 1910, a, p. 680 (Burnett River). 



h Sparganum sp., from the mesentery and sub- 

 cutaneous tissues — collected by Dr. T. L. Bancroft, 

 Burnett River. 



5. DiPSADOMORPHUS IRREGULARIS, Merrem. 



All the following entozoa were collected by Dr. A. 

 Willey in New Britain. 



b Phyllobothrium dips adomor phi, Shipley, 1900, p. 550. 



d i., Physaloptera obtusissimu, Mohn ; Stossich in 

 Shipley, 1900, p. 559. 



ii., Physaloptera retusa, Rud. ; Stossich in Shipley, 

 1900, p. 559. 



iii., Diaphanocephalus appendiculatus Molin ; Stossich in 

 Shipley, 1900, p. 560. 



/. Porocephalus tortus, Shipley, 1898, p. 52; 1900, 

 p. 563. 



6. DiEMENiA PSAMMOPHis, Schl. The whip snake. 



No parasites have been described from this host though 

 a mere mention of the occurence of Porocephalus sp., Physa- 

 loptera sp., and Ascaris sp. has been made (Johnston, 1910, 

 a, p. xviii ; 1910 d, p. 309), Sydney. 



7. DiEMENiA RETICULATA, Gray (perhaps more correctly 



D. PSAMMOPHIS var. reticulata). 



This Western Austrahan reptile is sometimes known 

 locally as a " spinifex snake." Krefft recorded the presence 

 of some parasites but did not give any indication of the 

 locaUty, in fact one is led to believe that the host came 

 from Queensland or New South Wales. As a matter of 

 fact, his material was from Western Australia. Dr. J. B. 

 Cleland has been kind enough t-o hand over to me specimens 



