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this Tenia in the dog must be considered purely ac- 

 cidental. — Ccenurus, sp., Engelmayer. This is 

 found in the liver of the domestic cat. — Ccenurus, 

 sp., Pagenstecher. This was found beneath the skin 

 in the dog. — Colorado, the native name in Cuba for 

 Leptus irritans, q. v. — Colpocephalum longicau- 

 dum, Nitzsch. The long-tailed colpocephalus, a louse 

 found on many species of pigeons and doves. — Com- 

 mon Scab. See Psoroptes communis, Furstenberg. — 

 Common Tick. See Ixodes ricinus, Linne. — Com- 

 panion Gonicote. See Gonicote compar, Nitzsch. — 

 Compsomyia macellaria, Compsomyia rubifrons, 

 Macquart. See Lucilia macellaria, Robineau - Des- 

 voidy. — Cone-nose. See Conorhinus, sp. This 

 blood-sucking cone-nose has recently been reported 

 from the Yosemite Valley, Cal., where it is found in 

 the beds, biting the face, hands, and feet of the sleeper, 

 causing serious sores in some instances. — Conorhinus 

 nigrovarius, a predaceous bug in the pampas, Cen- 

 chucha. which sucks blood like an ordinary tick. — 

 Conorhinus sanguisugus, sucks the blood of warm- 

 blooded animals. — Corpuscles of Laveran. See 

 Polimitus malaria, Laveran and Danilewsky — Cor- 

 puscles of Rainey. See Sarcocystis miescheri, Ray 

 Lankester. — Cousin commun. See Culex pipiens, 

 L. — Crab-louse. See Phthirius inguinalis, Leach. 

 — Crambus pinguinalis. There are three cases 

 cited of this lepidopterous insect (larvae) acting as 

 facultative human parasites by Linnaeus, Church and 

 Angetinus. — Creole Tick. See Ixodes dugesi, Ger- 

 vais. — Crinons. This is a name given by Chabert in 

 1782 to Sclerostoma armatum, Rudolphi, q. v., — 

 Crithoptis monunguiculosus, Geber (1879). See 

 Tarsonemus monunguiculosus, R. Blanchard (1889). 

 — Crown-tail Strongyle, Cobbold. See Stephanurus 

 dentatus, Diesing. — Cryptocystis tricodectis, Vil- 

 lot. This is the larva of Tcenia canina, Linne, and 

 was found by Melnikow (1867) in the body-cavity 

 of the Trichodectis latus, Nitzsch, of the dog. — Cu- 

 lex anxifer. The species of mosquito cited by Cob- 

 bold as troublesome to man. — Culex ciliatus. This 

 is a large species of mosquito found in the Atlantic 

 States. It bites very severely, but is comparatively rare 

 and does not appear in swarms. — Culex damnosus, 

 Say. The common American mosquito, appears in 

 swarms which invade marshy regions, appearing in the 

 Middle States in four distinct broods, which only swarm 

 at intervals of one month. This troublesome species is 

 reported as becoming common in England. — Culex 

 equinus, Cobbold. This is especially troublesome to 

 horses. — Culex Mosquito. It is found in Southern 

 Asia where, according to Manson, it acts as the host 

 of Filaria sanguinis hominis and is the agent in in- 

 fecting man with this, the most important of the ani- 

 mal parasites attacking man. — Culex pipiens, Linne. 

 Syn., Zanzara comune, Ital. ; Cousin commun, Fr. ; 

 Genuine Stechmiccke, Ger. ; Common Gnat of Europe. 

 This gnat takes the place in Europe of the mosquito 

 of America, being in many regions a veritable scourge 

 to man, especially at night. It is not aggressive to 

 ward animals. — Culex pungicus. This is a species 

 found in France and according to Liegard produces 

 serious symptoms in those bitten by it. — Culex rufus, 

 Culex taeniorhynchus. Two American species. 

 Cuterebra cuniculi, Clark (1815); Macquart (1835); 

 Joly (1846). Syn., CEstrus cuniculi, Clark (1797); 

 Trypoderma cuniculi, Wildemann (1830). An Amer- 

 ican species, found on hares and rabbits. — Cute- 

 rebra noxialis, J. Goudot (1845). See Dermatobia 

 noxialis, Brauer. — Cyclobdella lumbricoides. The 

 blind leech. A species found in Brazil ; it attacks men 

 and animals indiscriminately. — Cynorhaestes aegyp- 



tius, Hermann. See Ixodes cegyplius , Audouin. — Cy- 

 norhaestes ricinus, Hermann. See Ixodes ricinus, 

 Linne. — Cynthostoma tetracanthum, Molin. See 

 Strongylus tetracanthus, Diesing. — Cyrtoneura sta- 

 bulans, Macquart. Syn., Musca stabulans, Fallen; 

 Stall/liege. The larvae of this fly were first observed as 

 facultative intestinal parasites of man by Laboulbene. 

 It is troublesome about stables. — Cysticercus 

 acanthotrias, Weinland. This is the larva of an 

 undescribed species of Tcenia, found in the con- 

 nective tissue and dura mater of man. — Cysticer- 

 cus albopunctatus. See Cysticercus tcenia solii, 

 Leuckart. — Cysticercus alpaca, Sappey. Found in 

 the muscles of the alpaca ; it seems to be very abund- 

 ant in Peru. The adult worm and its host have not 

 been discovered yet. — Cysticercus bailletti, Railliet. 

 Syn., Pleurocercoides bailletti, Railliet, Cv. 

 elongatus, Blumberg. This is found in the pleura 

 and peritoneum of the cat, dog, rat, ichneumon and 

 pole-cat. — Cysticercus bicornis, Zeder. See Di- 

 ceras rude, Rudolphi. — Cysticercus bothrioplitis, 

 Piana. See Cysticercus tcenia bothrioplitis , Piana. — 

 Cysticercus bovis, Goze. See Cysticercus ttenU 

 saginatce, Goeze-Leuckart. — Cysticercus clavatus. 

 See Cysticercus tcenue marginaice, Batsch-Diesing. 

 — Cysticercus conis, Cysticercus cellulosae. 

 See Cysticercus tcenice solii, Leuckart. — Cysticercus 

 coprinus. See Cysticercus tcenice marginatce, Batsch- 

 Diesing. — Cysticercus dicysta. A finn found in 

 the cranial cavity of man ; its tapeworm is unknown. 

 — Cysticercus elongatus, Blumberg. This name 

 was applied by Blumberg to the finns found in the dog 

 and cat, (see Cysticercus bailletti, Railliet) , but it had to 

 be dropped, as it had already been applied by Leuckart 

 to a variety of Cysticercus tcenice serrahe, Zeder- 

 Goeze, q. v. — Cysticercus fascicularis, Rudolphi. 

 See Cysticercus tcenice crassicollis, Rudolphi. — Cysti- 

 cercus finna. See Cysticercus tcenice solii, Leuckart : 

 — Cysticercus fischeriana. A finn found by 

 Fischer in the choroid plexus of man ; the adult is 

 unknown. — Cysticercus fistularis, Rudolphi. This 

 was found in the peritoneum of the horse by Chabert 

 and Reckleben. The Platode of which this is the 

 finn is as yet unknown. — Cysticercus globosa, Cys- 

 ticercus lineata. See Cysticercus tcenice marginate, 

 Batsch-Diesing. — Cysticercus mediocanellata, Da- 

 vaine. See Cysticercus tcenice saginatce, Goeze-Leuck- 

 art. — Cysticercus melanocephalus, Roberle. — 

 Cysticercus multilocularis. See Cysticercus teak 

 solii, Leuckart. — Cysticercus oviparus, Maddox. 

 This is found in the muscles of the sheep and is regarded 

 by Maddox not only as a new species, but as 

 ally mature animal. — Cysticercus ovis, < 

 See Cysticercus tcenice marginat<e, Batsch-Diesing. Ct. i 

 Tcenia tcnella, Cobbold. Cobbold found this finn OB j 

 several occasions in the measles of sheep and held it to i 

 be the larvae of a Tcenia of man, the so-callt 

 tenella. Chatin demonstrated Cobbold's error, showing 

 that the pretended T. tenella, was only a small-steed ! 

 T. solium, and that Cysticercus ovis was but an imper- 

 fectly developed Cysticercus tccni/c marginatie, Hatsch 

 Diesing. — Cysticercus phacochceri aethiopk 

 bold. See Cysticercus t<eniie marginatie, Hatsch.- 

 Cysticercus pisiformis, Zeder. See Cy 

 tcenice serratce, Goeze. — Cysticercus pyriformis, 

 Cysticercus racemosa (us), Zenker. See Cysticem 

 tcenia- solii, Leuckart. — Cysticercus turbinata. 

 Koberle. A variety in which the head-pi 

 coiled in a regular spiral of sometimes three turns 

 See Cysticercus t,eni,e solii, Leuckart. — Cysticercus, 

 sp., Baillet. This is found in the peritoneum of tl 

 domestic fowl. — Cysticercus, sp., Sappey. This is 



