r.oi 



Taenia angulata Rud.; 1S40, T. seipenUilvis Diij. liie.- SthianU. 

 nas^; found in Nucifraga caryocatactes, Turdus atrigularis, T. 

 iliacus, T. meiula, T. musicus, T. pilaris, T. saxatilis, T, tor- 

 quatus, T. viscivorus, Oriolus galbula. Pica caudala. 



Hymenolepis nasuta (Rud., 1S02), Weinland, 1858. (Syn. 1S02, 

 Taenia nasuta Rudolplii); found in Parus major. P. caudatus, 

 P. Coeruleus, P. cristatus, P. palustris. 



Hyraenolepis faroirainalis (Batsch, 1786), R. Bl., 1S91. (Syn. 

 1786, Taenia farciminalis Batsch; 1845, T. undulata D\ij.); found 

 in Sturnus vulgaris, Garrulus glandarius. 



Genus DICRANOTAENIA Railllet. 1892. 



Diagnosis: Rostellum provided with a single row of short, 

 uniform hooks, generally few (10-26) in number, with the ven- 

 tral root equal to or longer than the dorsal root, and fo'rming 

 with the prong a small pitchfork. Type .species; Dicranotaenia 

 coronula (Dujardin) Railliet. 



Development; The larval cystieercoids develops in small, 

 crustaceans. 



From the characters thus far <>iven it is vcrv dilliculi 

 lo distinguish this genus from Jlyiiieii()le]iis. 



f (3cnital pores alternate; rostellum with 12 



1 ] hooks 32 II long; found in chickens D. sphenoides, p. 595 



(Genital pores unilateral 2 



C Rostellum with 18 to 26 hooks 13 /i to 17 fi 



•> ? long; found in ducks, D. coronula, p. .'',91 



" ( Rostellum with 10 hooks 3 



(" Hooks 27 /( to 32 /i long; found in swans 



J and big scaup duck D. aequabilis. p. 593 



j Hooks 47 ^ to 66 ji long; found in wild 



( ducks U. furcigera, p. 594 



a. Genital pores unilateral. 



C. DICRANOTAENIA CORONULA (Dlijarclin, 1S4:,) Railliel, ISM, 



<1S45. Taenia coronula Duj.) 



[PI. ni, figs. 21-2S.-1 



Diagnosis: 120mm to 190mm long. 1.5mm i„ 3mm broad. Head 



almost rhomboidal, 0.20nim to 0.22mm; muckers prominent, angular, 



irregular. O.Ofifimm to 0.09mm in diameter; rostellum thick, 0.09mm 



Iiy O.Oflnim. surrounded by a simple crown of 1S-2G hooks 9 « 



to 14 /( (Dii.iardin). U " to 15 « (Krabbe), 13 " to 17 fi (Railliet) 



