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The following food notes were made as to hosts from which trema- 

 todes mentioned in this paper were obtained: 



Name. 



Number of 



hosts 

 examined. 



Food notes. 



Abudefduf saxatilis. . . 

 Angelichthys isabelita. 



Anisotremus virginicus . 



Auxis thazard 



Calamus calamus 



Chlorichthys bifasciatus 



Clupanodon pseudohispanicus. 



Echeneis naucrates 



Epinephelus mono 



striatus 



Eupomacentrus leucostictus . . . 



Hasmulon macrostomum 



plumieri 



sciurus . . . 

 Iridio bivittatus. . . . 

 Kyphosus sectatrix . 



Lachnolaimus maximus. 

 Lactophrys triqueter. . . . 



Lycodontis funebris .... 



moringa 



Mycteroperca bonaci . . . 

 venenosa . 



Neomaenis analis 



apodus 



griseus 



Ocyurus chrysurus 



Pomacanthus arcuatus. 



Scarus caeruleus . . 

 croicensis . 



sp. 



Sphyraena barracuda. 



Teuthis caeruleus 



hepatus 



Tylosurus marinus . . . 

 Caretta caretta 



6 Character of food not recognized. 



3 Red sponge and associated material, worm- 



tubes, coralline and other vegetable ma- 

 terial. 



i Alimentary canal empty. 



i Character of food not recognized. 



ii j Annelids, broken shells, isopods, spines of 

 sea-urchin. 



4 : Annelids, small arthropods. 

 33 Small annelids. 



2 ! Fragments of fish. 



7 Crabs, fish, octopus. 

 ii Fish, crabs. 



3 Annelids, fragments of sea-weed. 



5 ! Annelids, fragments of crabs, mollusks. 



i6g i Annelids, Crustacea, fish, octopus, spines and 

 test of sea-urchin. 

 26 Annelids, Crustacea, octopus, ophiurans. 



6 Character of food not recognized. 



7 Sea- weeds, small gastropods, ostracodes, iso- 



pods. 

 1 Broken mollusk shells and fragments of Crus- 



tacea. 



5 Annelids in specimen in which distome was 



found; in others sponges and vegetable de- 

 bris. 



4 i Fish and Crustacea. 

 4 Fish. 



1 Fish and crabs. 



6 Fish. 



1 Crustacea. 



8 Crustacea. 



69 Fish, Crustacea, mollusks, spines of sea-urch- 



ins, kitchen refuse. 



20 Annelids, crabs, fish. 



14 Food evidently such as is browsed off the 



reef; mainly red sponge and associated ma- 

 terial; sea-weed, fragments of Crustacea, 

 ascidians, annelids. 



7 Crushed mollusk-shells, crabs, spines and test 



of sea-urchin, sand. 

 4 I Chalky material, vegetable material, and 



sand. 

 1 , Chalky material. 

 10 Fish. 



8 , Annelids, scales of fish, vegetable debris. 

 7 Crustacea, fish, sea-weed, sand. 



1 ! Fish. 



3 Fragments of sea-weed and Palinurus in one; 



vegetable debris in one; alimentary canal 



of the other empty. 



