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THE ZOOLOGIST 



CHECK-LIST OF THE GENERIC NAMES OF LEECHES, 

 WITH THEIR TYPE SPECIES. 



By Robert T. Leiper, M.B., F.Z.S. 



Helminthologist to the London School of Tropical Medicine. 



Abranchus, Johannson, 1896. Type : A. brunneus, Johannson, 

 1896. 



Acanthobdclla, Grube, ]850. "Type: A. peledina, Grube, 1850. 

 Actinobdella, Moore, 1901. *Type : A. insquiannulata, Moore, 

 1901. 



Adenobdella, Leidy, 1885. Type : A. oricola, Leidy, 1885. 

 Albione, Savigny, 1820. Type : A. muricata, Linnaeus, 1767. 

 Archeobdella, (Original not found.) 



Astacobdella, Vallot, 1810. Type : A. branchialis, Vallot, 1810. 

 Aulastoma, Moquin-Tandon, 1826. "Type: A. uigrescens, Moquin- 

 Tandon, 1826. 



Batrachcobdella, Viguier, 1879. "Type : B. latastei, Viguier, 1879. 

 Bdella, Savigny, 1820. (*Type : Hirudo nilotica, Savigny, 1820), 

 preocc. 1795. 



Blennobdella, E. Blanchard, 1819. :; Type : B. depressa, E. Blan- 

 chard, 1819. 



Branchellion, Savigny, 1820. "Type : B. torpedinis, Savigny, 1820. 

 Branchiobdella, Odier, 1823. "Type : B. astaci, Muller, 1806. 

 Calliobdella, v. Beneden et Hesse, 1863. Type : ? C. lophm 



v. Beneden et Hesse, 1863. 

 C entropy ejus, Grube, 1858. ;;: Type : C. jocensis, Grube, 1858. 

 Chthonobdella, Grube, 1865. :;: Type : Hirudo limbata, Grube, 1865. 

 Clepsiiie, Savigny, 1820. Type : Hirudo bioculata, Bergmann, 



1757. 



Codonobdella, Grube, 1872. Type : C. trunedta, Grube, 1872. 

 Cyclicobdella, Grube, 1871. Type : C. lumbricoides, Grube, 1871. 

 Cyclobdella, Wegenbergh, 1877. Type : C. glabra, Wegenbergh, 

 1877. 



Cystobranchus, Diesing, 1859. ? Type : C. respirans, Troschel, 

 1850. 



* Type, only species originally in the genus, 

 f Type, designated. 



