132 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Proboscidea ' ' Bruguiere " Conti nued . 



alcx (Mueller, 1776) [= Ascaris alcse Mueller, 1776; toEehinorhyrushtuljyZeder, 



1803a, 161; a doubtful species, according to Rudolphi, 1809a, 306]. 

 The type species is in doubt. Lamarck (1801) might perhaps be interpreted 



as having designated Ascaris bifida as such. 

 profundi Bastian, 1865c, 159, pi. 13, figs. 198-200. 



1865: Comesoma,. 

 prof undissima von Linstow, 1888, 11-12, pi. 2, figs. 8-10. 



1888: Prothelmins (type). 



Proleptus Dujardin, 184oa, 42, 105. Type species P. acutits, see p. 30. 

 [Not Prolepta Walk., 1851, hemipteron.] 



ficutus Dujardin, 1845a, 105. $ Only positive species, hence type. 

 Tobtusus Dujardin, 1845a, 105. $ 

 Proshecosacter, see Prosthecosacter. 

 Prosthecosacter Diesing, 1851a, 82, 322-325. Type species by present designation P. 



minor, see p. 47. 



1859: Proshecosacter Gervais & van Beneden, 1859b, 117. Misprint. 

 inflexus (Rudolphi, 1809a, 227-228 p. p.) Diesing, 1851a, 323. $ 9 Includes 



Pseudalius filiim Dujardin, 1845a, type of Pseudalius. 

 minor (Kuhn, 1829) Diesing, 1851a, 323-324. $ ? Includes Stenurus ?//..///* 



Dujardin, 1845a, 226; see Stenurus. 

 convolutus (Kuhn, 1829) Diesing, 1851a, 324. $ 9 



alatus (R. Leuckart, 1848) Diesing, 1851a, 324-325. $ 9 Includes 8tron<jnli<* 

 ' (Pharurus} alatus, type of Pharurus, 1848. 

 proteus Pallas, 1766, p. 417, and Mueller, 1773, 45. See also chaos and prothen*. 



1766: Volvojc. 1773: Vibrio. 1878: Amoeba. 

 Prothelmins von Linstow, 1888, 11-12. P. profundissima von Linstow, 1888. 11-12. 



pi. 2, figs. 8-10, only species, hence type. 

 proiheus Linnaeus, 1767, 1326; equals chaos, 1758, renamed. 



[1758: Volmx.'] 1767: Chaos, 

 protognostus Balsamo-Crivelli, 1843b, 188. 



? 1 840 : [?] . 1 843 : A utopkctus ( type ) . 

 pxammophihis de Man, 1880, 29. 



1880: Choanolahmis (type). 

 Pseudalius Dujardin, 1845a, 106, 134-135. P. filum Dujardin, including Strongi/hm 



major Raspail, 1829, only species, hence type. 



Pseudoechinorhynchm Goeze, 1782a, 41, 138-139; Luehe (1904, 250, 335) ham apparel I >i 

 taken Ps. sp. Goeze, 1782a, 138-139, pi. 9b, fig. 12( = ?CijsticercusfasciolariH), 

 as type species. We have our misgivings, however, whether this is alto- 

 gether in harmony with Goeze (1782a, 41), who distinctly says: "Pseudoechino- 

 rhynchus ( Tienia, hseruca Pallas) ." See also Hieruca. 

 Pseudornermis Zykoff, 1902, 61-64, pi. 1. [Not accessible to us.] 

 P&eudonymus Diesing, 1857a, 10. P. spirotheca (Gyory, 1856) Diesing, 1857a, 9-10, 



only species, hence type. 



1861: Ptychocephalus Diesing, 1861; type epecies spirotheca. 

 1878: Helicothrix (ialeb, 1878b; type species spirotheca. 

 Pseudorhabditis Perroncito, 1881, Dec. 28, 499-519, pi. 19, figs. 1-8. Anguillula sti-rco- 



ralis B^vay, 1876a, only species, hence type. 

 Pterocephalus von Linstow, 1899, 12-13. P. viwparus von Linstow, 1899, 12-13, pi. 2, 



figs. 22-24,26-27; pi. 4, fig. 41, only species, hence .ype. 

 [Not Pterocephalus Schneider, 1887, protozoon; Pterocephala Swains., 1839, fish; 



Pterocephalia Rom., 1852, crustacean.] 



Pierygodermatile* Wedl, 1861, 464-466. P. plagiostoma Wedl, 1861, 464-466, pi. 1, 

 figs. 5-11, only species, hence type. 



