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Bistomum {PolyorcMs) molle (Leidy, 1856, S. aud H., 1894). — Anatom- 

 ical description of original types of Monostonnim molle Leidy. — c. w. 



STILES. 



New American finds of Sarcosporidia, C. W. Stiles {Vet. 3fag., 

 1894, pp. 928,929). — An uudescribed species of Miescheria is present in 

 the heart of nearly all cattle examined in the District of Columbia; an 

 undescribed species has been found in rabbits in Illinois by Schimer and 

 in Maryland by Hassall ; Sarcosporidia were found very common in Iowa 

 rats by Stiles; Balbiaria sp. found in Setopliaga ruticillahy Hassall; an 

 undescribed Sarcosporidium found in chickens by Stiles. — c.w. stiles. 



On the genus Gongylonema Molin, L. G. Neumann {3fem. Soc. 

 Zool. France, VII, pp. 463-473, figs. 4). — A general revision of the genus 

 Qongylonema (family Filariidce) based upon material from Africa and 

 India. Eevised generic and specific diagnoses are given. The follow- 

 ing synonymy and data are given for the forms which occur in domes- 

 ticated animals : 



(1) G. scutatum (Mliller, 1869) Eailliet, 1892 {Spiroptera scutata cesopha- 

 gea hovis Miiller, 1869; Filaria sev. sp. scutata Lkt., 1876; Myzomimus 

 scutatus Stiles, 1892) recently found by Fayet in 105 out of 136 cattle 

 examined at Tebessa (Algeria) ; the parasite occurred in nearly every 

 animal infested, in the thoracic portion of the oesophagus. Fayet 

 found the same thread worm in 14 per cent of 494 sheep examined at 

 Tebessa, and Boulant found it in nearly all the sheep slaughtered at 

 Setif. Fayet also found it in (34=) 32 per cent of the goats examined. 

 It has also been found in the horse (Miiller). 



(2) G. pulohrum Molin, 1857, was found by Fayet in the oesophogeal 

 epithelium of 5 out of 20 hogs. 



(3) G. verrucosum (Giles, 1892) Neumann, 1894 (sp. verrucosa Giles, 

 1892; G. scutatum Railliet, 1894, ex parte), which Eailliet believed was 

 identical with G. scutatum, is reestablished as a distinct species. It 

 was found by Giles in India in the epithelium of the stomach of sheep 

 and of the zebu. 



The other forms mentioned are G. musculi (Eud., 1819) from the mouse 

 {Mus musculus) ; G. filiforme Molin, 1857, from Inuus ecaudatus; G. spi- 

 rale Molin, 1857, from Cervus dama; and G. ursi (Eudolphi, 1819) from 

 Ursus arctos. 



Neumann's original observations are confined to the species from 

 domesticated animals. — c. w. stiles. 



A bibliography, history, etc., of Italian helminthology, C.Parona 

 {Atti R. Univ. Genova, 13 (1894), pp. 733, map 1). — This elaborate work 

 by Parona is divided into four parts: (1) The history of helminthology 

 in Italy; (2) the parasites treated systematically, with cross references 

 to the literature under each group, and a compendium of species 

 arranged according to their hosts; (3) the geographical distribution of 

 the various parasites in Italy; and (4) an almost complete bibliography 

 of Itahau works on helminthology, a short abstract of each paper being 



