638 



Le Taenia infundibuliformis Geoeze, que j'avais i)lace prov- 

 isoirement dans le genre Drepanidotaenia, s'en distingue par 

 Ic grand aiombre des testicules, et d'une maniere generale par 

 la constitution de I'appareil repruducteur (Crety). II merite 

 done do devenir le type d'un nouveau genre Choanotaenia (de 

 xSavov entonnoi'r). Ch. infundibuliformis, intestin de la poule. 

 (P. 159.) 



Although I recognized the great dili'erence iu orgau- 

 izatiou between T. infundibuliformis (as described by 

 Grety) and the other species of Taenia which have been 

 placed in Drepanidotaenia, and am inclined to consider 

 it geuerically distinct from these worms (see p. 012), 

 and although I have the highest regard for the opin- 

 ion of my colleague and for his keen foresight, parti- 

 cularly in systematic questions, I prefer to reserve 

 judgment upon his new genus until its type species 

 and a few allied forms are more thoroughly under- 

 stood, especially as it appears to me that T. Infundi- 

 buliformis, as determined by various authors^ is rather 

 a heterogenous and collective species, 



Dicranotaenia spheuoides: Railliet correctly sup- 

 presses the specific name cuneata Linstow uec Batch 

 (see p. 595). 



EXPLANATION OF CHART. 



In the following chart I have given the records of 

 the tapeworms found in the domesticated poultry and 

 in the allied wild birds. The sign d signifies that the 

 parasite is recorded only for domesticated birds, >< for 

 wild birds. O both domesti'\nted and Avild birds. 



The nnmes of the hosts are given at the left, those 

 of the parasites at the top. The fii'st row of numbers 

 refers to the numbers in the A. O. TT. check list of 

 North Ameiican biids, the second column of numbers 



