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PARASITES 



the domestic duck. — Taenia tropica, Moquin-Tandon 

 (i860). See Tcenia saginata, Goeze (1782). — Taenia 

 umana armata, Brera (1802-3). See Tcenia solium, 

 Linne. — Taenia umbonata, Molin. Found in the 

 intestine of the house-mouse [A/us musculus, Linne). 

 — Taenia vasis nutritiis distinctis, Bloch (1782). 

 See Moniezia expansa,K. Blanchard (1891). — Taenia 

 vervicina, Gmelin. See Tcenia marginata, Batsch. — 

 Taenia veterum, Spigel (1618). See Bothriocepha- 

 lus latus, Bremser. — Taenia visceralis socialis gran- 

 ulosa, Goeze (1782). See Tcenia echinococcus, von 

 Siebold (1853), and Echinococcus polymorphus, Die- 

 sing (1851). — Taenia vogti, Moniez (1879). Syn., 

 Anoplocephala vogti, Moniez (1891). A doubtful 

 species reported as parasitic in sheep. — Taenia vom 

 Kap der guten Hoffnung, Kuchenmeister (1855) 

 (the Tcenia capensis of Moquin-Tandon) . See Tcenia 

 saginata, Goeze. — Taenia vulgaris, Linne (1748), 

 Werner (1782). See Bothriocephalus latus, Brem- 

 ser (1819) ; and Tcenia solium (Linne), Rudolphi 

 (1810). — Taenia wimerosa, Moniez. Found in the 

 wild rabbit. See Tcenia pectinata, Goeze. — Taenia- 

 rhynchus mediocanellatus, Weinland (1855). See 

 Tcenia saginata, Goeze. — Taon bruyant. See Tab- 

 anus bromius, Linne. — Taon d'automne. See Tab- 

 anus autumnalis, Linne. — Taon des bceufs. See 

 Tab anus bovinus, Linne. — Taon noir. See Tabanus 

 morio. Latreille. — Taon rustique. See Tabanus 

 rusticus, Fabricius. — Tarsonemus intectus, Kar- 

 pelles. See Tarsonemus monunguiculosus , R. Blan- 

 chard. — Tarsonemus monunguiculosus, R. Blan- 

 chard (1889). Syn., Crithoptes monunguiculosus, 

 Geber (1879) ; Kritoptes monunguiculosus, Geber 

 (1884); Acarus hordei, Geber (1 884) ; Tarsonemus 

 uncinatus, Flemming (1884) ; Tarsonemus intectus, 

 Karpelles. An acaridan which is frequently very 

 troublesome to workers in barley. — Tarsonemus un- 

 cinatus, Flemming. See Tarsonemus monunguiculo- 

 sus, R. Blanchard. — Tavin, the common name for the 

 breeze-fly. Cf. Tabanus sp. — Tawny Breeze-fly. 

 See Tabanus fulvus, Meigen. — Trichomyza fusca, 

 Macquart. Syn., Scatella urinaria, Robineau-Des- 

 voidy; Afydcea vomiturationis, Robineau-Desvoidy. 

 A fly very common about urinals and water-closets, 

 the larvae being represented as pseudo-parasites, the 

 possibility of which is not fully settled, but is unlikely. 

 — Tenebrio molitor, Linne. Syn., Ver de farine, 

 Fr. ; Mehlkiifcr, Miiller, Ger. ; Meal-beetle, Flour- 

 beetle. The larva or meal-worm is reported as a 

 facultative parasite in the nose, digestive tube, and 

 urinary passages of man, by Bateman, Allen, Shaw, 

 Foresters, Tulpius, Kellie, Pickells, Thomson, Traill, 

 Gleadow, and Acrel. — Tenia a anneaux courts, 

 Bonnet (1750). See Bothriocephalus latus, Bremser 

 (1819). — Tenia aepine, Andry (1700). See Bothrio- 

 cephalus latus, Bremser. — Tenia algerien, Redon. 

 An anomalous pigmented form of Tenia saginata, 

 Goeze. — Tenia de la second espece, Andry (1700). 

 See Bothriocephalus latus, Bremser. — Tenia fenetre, 

 Masars de Cazeles. See Tenia saginata, Goeze. — 

 Tenia hybrida, Brera. An anomalous form of 

 Tenia saginata. — Tenia inerme. See Tcenia sagin- 

 ata, Goeze. — Tenia lanceole ou ver rhinaire, Cha- 

 bert (1787). See Linguatula rhinaria, Railliet 

 (1886). — Tentacularia subcompressa, Zeder. See 

 Filaria lymphatica, Moquin-Tandon. — Terratas, 

 Roll (1852). See Tenia echinococcus, von Siebold 

 (1853). — Tetracotyle, Filippi. See Helostoma crrat- 

 icum, Rudolphi. — Tetragulus caviae, Bosc (1810). 

 See Linguatula rhinaria, Railliet (1886). — Tetra- 

 meres haemochrous, Creplin (1846). See Tropido- 

 cerca inflata, Diesing (1861), and Tropidocerca 



paradoxa, Diesing. — Tetranychus autumnalis, 

 Shaw. Syn., Leptus autumnalis ; Trombidium 

 autumnalis. The common "harvest-bug''' of Eng- 

 land and the rouget of the French, which has been 

 incorrectly referred by Megnin to Trombidium 

 holosericeum, Fabricius. A minute, scarcely visible, 

 spinning-mite, breeding upon plants, beans, currants, 

 raspberries, gooseberries, etc, which it deserts when- 

 ever opportunity offers, to fasten on animals, having a 

 special predilection for human beings, especially 

 women and children. It causes severe itching. 

 The mite is very abundant in England, Scotland, and 

 on the continent of Europe, especially near the sea- 

 shore. The larval hexapod is the form most often 

 met with. — Tetranychus molestissimus. Syn., 

 Bicho Colorado of the Argentine Republic and Uru- 

 guay ; a small, red Acarus that lives on the under 

 surface of the leaves of Xanthium macrocarputn : it 

 attacks man and other warm-blooded animals, causing 

 insupportable itching. — Tetranychus tlalsahuate, 

 Lemaire, Murray (1867) ; a mite called by the Indians 

 of Mexico Tlalsahuate. It lives among the herbage 

 and is almost imperceptible to the naked eye. It at- 

 tacks man and fixes itself upon the eyelids or armpits, 

 etc. It is included by authors under the spurious 

 genus Leptus. — Tetrastoma renalis, Lucarelli and 

 Delia Chiaje. A trematode found in the urinary 

 tubules of an Italian woman. — Texas Screw- 

 worm. See Lucilia macellaria, Robineau-Desvoidy. 

 — Thecosoma haematobium, Moquin-Tandon. See 

 Gynacophorus hcematobius, Diesing. — Thelazia 

 rhodesii, Desmarest. See Filaria equina, Abildgaard. 

 — Threadworm. See Oxyuris vermicularis, Brem- 

 ser. — Thysanosoma actinioides, Diesing (1834), 

 Stiles (1892). Syn., Tcenia fimbriata, Diesing (1850) ; 

 Moniezia fimbriata, Moniez (1891). This is found in 

 sheep and several species of deer. It appears to be 

 the cause of much of the tapeworm-disease of the 

 western United States. — Thysanosoma giardi, 

 Rivolta (1878), Stiles (1893). Syn., Taenia oi'illa, 

 Rivolta (1878) ; Tcenia giardi, Moniez (1879) ; Tenia 

 aculcata, Perroncito (1882) ; Moniezia oi'illa, Moniez 

 (1891); Moniezia ovilla, var. macilenta, Moniez 

 (1891). This cestode has sheep and cattle for its 

 hosts. — Tinea rotunda, Plinius. See Ascaris htm- 

 bricoides, Linne (1758). — Tipula sp. A fly, the 

 larvae of which are reported by Kirby (England) 

 as facultative human parasites. — Tique, Raspail. 

 See Dermanyseus avium, de Geer, and . 

 penetrans, Westwood. — Tique des chiens, Geoffrey. 

 See Ixodes ricinus, Linne. — Tique senegalaise. 

 See Ixodes algeriensis, Megnin. — Tlalsahuate. See 

 Tetranychus tlalsahuate, Lemaire. — Todtenkafer. 

 See Blaps mortisaga, Linne. — Ton. See Sarcopsylla 

 penetrans, Westwood. — Torcel. See Dermatobia nox- 

 talis, Goudot. — Trichina affinis, Diesing, Herbert, 

 KUchenmeister, Wedl, Leidy. Found encapsulated in 

 the connective tissue and muscles of the hog, eat. dog, 

 mole, badger, gull, buzzard, and crane. — Trichina 

 circumflexa, Polonio. Found encapsulated in the 

 peritoneum of the brown rat [Mus decumanus, Pallas). 

 — Trichina contorta, Botkin. See Tylen 

 faciens, Kiihn. — Trichina cystica, Salisbu 

 See Filaria sanguinis hominis, Lewi 

 Trichina papillosa, Rivolta and Delprato. I 

 nematodes were found encysted in the connective tis- 

 sue about the esophagus, crop, and gizzard ot the 

 fowl. To this species probably belongs the Dispara- 

 gtts spiralis, Molin. — Trichina spiralis, Owen 

 (1835). Syn., Vibrio humana, Lizars (18 

 Trichina spiralis, Bischoff (1840); 

 trichina, Davaine (1862). The adult parasite is 



