Chapter X 



PENTASTOMID^, PLATYHELMINTHES, 

 NEMATHELMINTHES, OLIGOCH^TA 



PLATYHELMINTHES 

 TURBELLARIA 



Family Bipaliid;e 



Bipalium kewense, Moseley 



Professor Dendy, writing in 1894, says: 



This species, which has been so widely distributed by the unintentional 

 agency of man, and whose natural habitat is still unknown, was obtained 

 by Mr T. Steel in Albert Park, Auckland, in 1892. 



Family RHYNCHODEMiDiE 



Rhynckodemus moseleyi, Fletcher and Hamilton 



Four specimens of this Australian species were collected by 

 Mr Steel in Albert Park, Auckland, in 1892. 



Family GEOPLANiDiE 



Geoplana sanguinea, Moseley 



In 1879 Captain Hutton described this Australian planarian as 

 Rhynckodemus testaceus, from specimens obtained by him at Dunedin 

 and Wellington. It has since been collected at Napier, Auckland and 

 Tarawera township, and is probably widespread throughout New 

 Zealand. 



Geoplana cosrulea, Moseley, var. 



Three specimens of this common Australian species were reported 

 in 1892, from Albert Park, Auckland. 



It is quite probable that all four species of these introduced Land 

 Planarians are widely spread in New Zealand, but very few persons 

 notice, and fewer collect them. 



TREMATODA 



Family Amphistomatid^ 

 Amphistomum conicum, Zeder 

 Found in the rumen and reticulum of cattle, but apparently does 

 little harm. It has been reported from time to time both by Drs Gilruth 

 and Reakes. 



