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trata, and E. ])licatu.s liavc hct-ii described, Iinl most 

 authors iiu-Inde them all under the general term Taenia 

 malleus, which some writers look upon as a patholo 

 gical condition rather than a distinct species or genus. 

 .'54. F. malleus has been recorded from a largo num- 

 Ih'i- (it wihl liirds as well us Irom domesticated fowls, 

 l)ii( SI) far as known i( docs not play any important 

 p,-ilh(ij;ciiic I'oh'. (See Dujaidin, p. .^ST, for (lie earlier 

 iilcratuiv.l 



IDIOGENES Krabbe. 1868. 

 [PI. XXI, figs. 272^274. 1 



The genus Idiogenes with the type and only species 

 I. otidis was pro^tosed by Krabbe for a tapeworm in 

 \\ liicii (he scolex is wanting; the anterior segments be- 

 tiiiiic caliciforni and function as a pseudo-scolex. (For 

 an nnaldiiiiral dcsciiption see Zscholcke, 18S9, pp. 114- 

 127, i'l. ill, fi-s. :',!» 17.) 



This avian lap.Mvoiiu had not yet been rrrorded from 

 poultry, 



ADDEND LTxM. 



During the final proof reading of this pai)er, I have 

 I'eceived a recent article by Railliet (ISDG), in which 

 several new propositions are made concerning certain 

 l)arasites mentioned in this report. 



Dipylidiinae: The name of the subfamily, Cystoi 

 dotaeniae, is changed to Dipylidinae. This change is 

 in accordance with the International Code and should 

 be adopted, the word, however, being written Dipyli- 

 diinae. 



Ohoanotaenia: Railliet ])roposes a new genus, witii 

 Taenia infundibuliformis Goeze as type, in the follow- 

 ing words: 



