NOTES ON PARASITES 83 



Apoblema see Hemiurus. 



Bilhartzia an occasional misprint for Bilharzia, see Schislosoma. 



Bilharzia see Schistosoma. 



Bistoma misprint for Distoma. 

 1801, « Bistoma », see Reigh, Der Gesellschaft Naturforsclier 

 Freunde zu Berlin neue Schriften, III, p. 371, 



Brachycaecum see Brachycœlium. 



Brachycœlium (Dujardin, 1854). — Type, Distoma crassicolle 

 Dujardin, 1845. 



1845, Distoma [Brachycœlium] Dujardin [nec (1) Brachycœlus 

 Chaudoir], Histoire nat. des helminthes, pp. 383, 388, 402. 



1896, Brachycxcum Railliet, Recueil de méd. vét., (8), III, u» 5, 

 (march 15), p. 160. Brachycœlium renamed. 



Brachycœlium was original ly proposed as a subgenus of Distoma, 

 in which sensé it bas been accepted by a number of authors : Stos- 

 sich (1886, 1892, 1895), Monticelli (1893), Braun, Railliet (1893), and 

 others. It is not clear to us whether Railliet (1896) intended to raise 

 it to generic rank or not, but he proposed to substitute Brachycsecum 

 ior Brachycœlium Dujardm [nec Brachycœlus Chaudoir]. While we 

 do not agrée with Railliet asto the necessity of this change of name, 

 since Brachycœlium and Brachycœlus are perfectiy distinguishable, 

 we consider the group as well entitled to generic rank, and propose 

 Distoma crassicolle Dujardin as type species. 



Brachylaemus see Brachylaima. 



Brachylaima Dujardin, 1843. — Type, B. advena Dujardin, 1843. 

 1843, Brachylaima Dujardin, Ann. d. sci. nat., zooL, (2), XX, 

 pp. 338-341. Type, B. advena Dujardin, 1843 [Distoma migrans 

 Dujardin, 1845). 



i8iù,Distoma[Brachylaimus) Dujardin, Histoire nat. des helmin- 

 thes, pp. 382, 388, 407. 



1847, (( Brachylœmus Dujardin )), of E. Blanchard, Aiin. sci. 

 nat., zool., (3), VII, p. 295. 



Dujardin originally proposed this genus in 1843 (a fact Avhich 

 lias been overlooked) basing it upon B. advena, a ainsi que plusieurs 

 autres espèces », of which he mentions by name only {(B. fulvum )) 

 from Sorex araneus. « B. fulvum )) is evidentiy the same form which 



(I) Brachycœlus Chaudoir, Coleoptcron. 



