206 



REPORT OF NATIOISrAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



Ohshima, Hikoshi — Continued. 



Pannychia moseleyi virgulifera, 

 Ihjodcemon miurense, Peniagone 

 japonica, Achlyonice monactin- 

 ica, Scotoplanes tliieli, Bentho- 

 dytes gotoi, Molpadia clarM, M. 

 infesta, Caudina ludwigi, Cucu- 

 maria ijimai, C. lamperti, G. spi- 

 nosa, C sluiterij C. constricta, 

 O. glohosa, Thyone punctata, T. 

 parva, T. Mcornis, T. imhricata, 

 Pseiidocucumis dactylicus, P. 

 watasei, P. sagamiensis, P. ta'bu- 

 latus, Phyllophorus- cylindricus, 

 P. glacus, P. diomedeas, P. minu- 

 tus, Psolidium vitreum, P. 'bullOr- 

 turn, ProtanJcyra kagoshimensis, 

 Twniogyrus cidaridis, Toxodora 

 paciflca, Myriotrochus mitsu- 

 kurii. 



VEEErLL, Addison Emeky. Report on 

 the starfishes of the West Indies, 

 Florida, and Brazil, including those 

 obtained by the Bahama expedition 

 from the University of Iowa in 1893. 



Bull. Lai). Nat. Hist., 

 Univ. Iowa, 7, No. 

 1 (n. s.), No. 92, 



Veeeill, Addison Emeey — Continued. 



Mar. 20, 1915, pp. 



1-232, pis. 1-29. 

 Of the 95 species described 

 or figured, specimens from the 

 collections of the U. S. National 

 Museum are represented in 45 

 instances. Twelve new species 

 and 3 new varieties are in- 

 cluded. Ten of the types of 

 the new species and of 2 va- 

 rieties are the property of the 

 Museum. At the end of the 

 paper a list of 44 additional 

 deep-water species, not re- 

 ported upon, has been appended 

 for the sake of completeness. 

 The morphologic and taxonomic 

 features of the Asterioidea are 

 briefly discussed. The new spe- 

 cies are as follows : Stephanas- 

 terias heies, Henricia micro- 

 spina, Solaster caribhceus, 

 Ophidiaster alexandria, Chei- 

 raster planus, Ch. enoplus, Pec- 

 tinaster mixtus, P. gracilis, P. 

 dispar, Astropecten comptus, A. 

 nitidus, A. niittingij New va- 

 rieties : Astropecten nitidus var, 

 forcipatus, A. americanus var. 

 suigracilis, Luidia alternata 

 var. Mcolor. 



TROCHELMINTHS. 



Haeeing, Habey K. Report on Rota- 

 toria from Panama with descriptions 

 of new species. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 

 47, No. 2062, Dec. 

 15, 1914, pp. 525- 

 564, pis. 16-24. 



Describes nineteen new spe- 

 cies : Brachionus dolairatus, 

 Lecane crepida, L. sihina, L. 



Haeeing, Habey K. — Continued. 



marsM, L. ercodes, L. arcula, 

 L. compta, L. pusilla, L. 

 aeganea, L. doryssa, L. tenui- 

 seta, L. amorpha, L. elegans, 

 Monostyla virga, M. rugosa, 

 Lepadella imiricata, L. cyr- 

 topus, Trichocerca nitida, Col- 

 lotheca polyphema. Notes on 

 distribution, habitat and pres- 

 ervation are included. 



NEMATODES. 



FosTEB, W. D. Observations on the 

 eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides. 



Journ. Parasitol., Ur- 



bana, 111., 1, No. 1, 



Sept., 1914, pp. 31- 



36, figs. 1-4. 



A report on the variations in 



size and shape of eggs of 



Ascaris lumbricoides from man 



and swine. 



A peculiar morphologic develop- 



ment of an egg of the genus Tropido- 

 cerca and its probable significance. 



Journ. Parasitol., Ur- 

 bana. 111., 1, No. 1, 

 Sept., 1914, pp. 45- 

 47, fig. 1. 



Fostee, W. D. — Continued. 



Description of filamentous ap- 

 pendages found on the ends of 

 the egg, probably serving to hold 

 the eggs together in clumps. 



Hall, M. C. A note on Syngamus 

 laryngeus from cattle in the Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



Amer. Journ. Vet. 

 Med., Chicago, 10, 

 No. 6, June, 1915, 

 pp. 395, 396, figs. 

 1-3. 

 The second record of the 

 occurrence of this parasite based 

 on specimens in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum received from 

 Dr. Wm. Boynton, Manila, P. I. 



( See also under B. H. Ransom. ) 



