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Notes on parasites, < '. W. Stiles and A. Hassall ( Vet. Mag., 1S91, 

 pp. 41.'i-43.'i, pis. 4). — A new species of fluke. — Description of JJistoma 

 {Dicroctt'iinm) complexnm found in cats in the United States, with bibli 

 ogiaphies and diagnoses of allied forms. This parasite, closely related 

 to JJ. nibidum, has been found in New York, Maryland, and the District 

 of Columbia. It causesa slight inflammation in gall ducts. The other 

 s])ecies described and figured are D. tnincatum, found in cats, dogs, and 

 seals; Halicha;rus fa'tidus und Gido horeaVis (Germany, Holland, Italy, 

 and France); I). (dbiduin, found m cats ((lerniany and France); Z>. 

 viverrini in Felis viverriHa (France); D. tenuicollc'in Pluxui harhatK ; I). 

 conjmicinrn in the American fox {Canh fulvus) and in man (India); JJ. 

 hDircolatitni, of sheei), cattle, man, etc. (cosmopolitan); J>. toiij/issiinum 

 of Ardca steJldri.s (Turkestan); D. {?) longissimnm corvinuin in crows of 

 this country. The authors doubt whether D. conjunction of the Amer- 

 ican fox is identical with JJ. ronjunctum recorded for man in India. An 

 analytical key to species is given. 



A case of IJchinococcus in a camel. — Thus far this hydatid has been 

 recorded in this country a number of times for man, 123 times for hogs 

 (Maryland, District of Columbia, Nebraska, and Louisiana), and once 

 (adult stage) for dogs (District of Columbia). Osier found it in 2.9 per 

 cent of the (1,037) hogs examined in Montreal. The new case was that 

 of a tuberculous camel belonging to a traveling circus. In addition to 

 the above, mention is made of an interesting anomaly in Moniezia 

 planissima., i. c, abnormal (dorsal) position of genital pore of this tape- 

 worm of cattle. — c. w. stiles. 



A preliminary catalogue of the parasites, C. W. Stiles and A. 

 Hassall. ( Vet. Ma</., lSf)4, pp. 2i5-;J')3., 331-351). — Contains lists of 

 specimens in the collection of the Bureau of Animal Industry of this 

 Department, the U. S. Arim- Medical Museuu), the Biological Depart- 

 ment of the University of Pennsylvania, of C. W. Stiles and of A. 

 Hassall. These are arranged zoiilogically, giving parasite, host, locality, 

 collector, and collection m which specimen is deposited. ]\Iauy of the 

 specimens are type-specimens of Kudolphi, Cobbold, Braun, Stiles, and 

 Hassall, and will be deposited in the U. S. National ^luseum. — c. w. 



STILES. 



On the preservation of types of parasites, C. W. Stiles ( CenthJ. 

 Bald, nnd Par., 15 {181)4), pp. 477-4S0). — The author urges that all 

 type-specimens of parasites shall be deposited in the national museum 

 of the country in which the typa-specimeu is taken. — c. w. stiles. 



Notes on animal parasites, M. Francis {Texas Sta. Bui. 30, pp. 

 450-452). — A list of 45 animal parasites found by the author in Texas. 

 (The form described as Distoninm (sp.*?) from the opossum is evidently 

 RJwpaloporus coronatus.\ — ('. "W. stiles. 



Actinomycosis, M. Francis {Texas *SYrt. JJul. 30, pp. 44S, 440). — 

 Brief notes on the dose of iodid of potassium employed and on each 



