BY GERARD KREFFT, ESQ., F.LS. 211 



Synopsis," page 146, from the intestines of the Great Kangaroo 

 {Halmahirus giganteus.) The second discovery was, that the 

 common slieep iiuke (Bistoma or Fasciola liepatica) inhabited the 

 bihary ducts, and the liver of Kangaroos (lb. page 725). No 

 description of Austrahan species occurs till February 8th, 1853. 

 (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1853, 

 pages 18 to 25), when Dr. Baird describes the following species : — 



Ascaris similis. — From the stomach of a Seal. 



Mermis rigidus. — Habitat unknown but probably Australian. 



Taenia Goezii. — Habitat unknown, probably Australian. 



Tcenia Oederi. — Habitat. The stomach of a Penguin from 

 the Antarctic seas. 



Botliriocephaltis antarcticus. — Habitat. The stomach and in- 

 testines of a Southern seal. 



In the year 1859, Dr. Baird described (Proceedings of the 

 Zool. Soc. of London, page 111). Tcenia sulciceps, from the intes- 

 tines of the Wandering Albatross (Dioinedea exulans), and also 

 noticed a rare species of Ascaris from the Dugong described by 

 Professor Owen as Ascaris halichoris, (lb. pages 148 and 149). 



In 1861, Dr. Baird noticed a small Filai"ia {Filaria sanguinea) 

 in the stomach of a little Australian fresh water fish (Galaxias 

 scriba). 



In the same publication for 1862, I find a description of a 

 new Pentastoma (Pentastoma teretiiisculum) by Dr. Baird, (page 

 114) who mentions that he took the specimen from the mouth of 

 a snake (Hojiilocephalus superbus), which died at the Zoological 

 Society's gardens. I may state here that this worm is generally 

 found in the lung of Australian snakes. 



The last of Dr. Bairds descriptions occurs in the Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society for 1865, page 58, and relates to a new 

 cestoid worm (Bothridium (^Solenopliorus) arcuatum.} This species 

 is common in the Australian Diamond snake (^Morelia spilotes). 



In that most useful book the " Zoological Record," I find 

 mention made of an Australian tape-worm from the stomach of 

 the Emeu {Dromaius novoi-hollandice) , which is described by the 

 Danish Naturalist Krabbe (Record for 1869, page 635), as Taenia 

 ausiralis. 



