AUSTRALIAN ACANTHOCEPHALA, NO. 6 
By T. HARVEY JOHNSTON AND S. J. EDMONDS, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE 
Summary 
The earlier papers in this series have been published in the Transactions of the Royal 
Society of South Australia (1929-1947). For assistance in regard to material we are 
indebted to the late Dr. T. L. Bancroft, of Eidsvold, Queensland; and to Professor J. 
B. Cleland, of the University of Adelaide. 
The three species dealt with have been taken from birds. One, from Alectura lathami, 
is described as new; one, from Charadrius cucullatus, is attributed to a Japanese 
species; and the third, from a gull, Larus novaehollandiae, is assigned to a species 
previously known from South America. 
Type material has been deposited in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 
