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May 27, 1904 ; 1 ; stomach filled with menhaden ; 21 larval cestodes, 

 from 5 to 16 mm. in length. 



May 24, 1910 ; stomach filled with alewif e ; 8 larval cestodes. 



Examinations of this host, except on dates in July and August, were 

 made by Vinal N. Edwards. 



Summary. — Following is a summary of examinations when P. 

 loUginis was not found : On two dates in June, 2 fish examined ; seven 

 dates in July, 10 fish examined ; twenty dates in August, 57 fish ex- 

 amined ; nine dates in September, 10 fish examined ; fifteen dates in 

 October, 20 fish examined ; three dates in November, 3 fish examined. 



Squid were recorded in the food on one date in July, five in August, 

 two in September, and two in October. 



17. Paralichthys ohlongus. 



May 31, 1907 ; 8 ; young herring in stomachs ; 1 larval cestode. 



Summm'y. — The other examinations, most of them by Vinal N. 

 Edwards, of P. ohlongus^ in which no examples of P. loliglnis were 

 found, were as follows : On seven dates in May, 12 fish examined ; ten 

 dates in June, 36 fish examined; three dates in August, 6 fish ex- 

 amined ; one date in September, 1 fish examined. 



Squid were recorded in the food on one date in May, two in June, 

 and one in August. 



18. Lophius piscatorius. 



May 31, 1913 ; 1 ; tautog and squid in stomach ; 2 larval cestodes. 



Suiivmary. — Examinations of goose fish in which P. loUginis was 

 not found were as follows : On one date in January, 1 fish ; one date in 

 April, 1 fish ; eight dates in May, 34 fish ; six dates in June, 8 fish ; nine 

 dates in July, 17 fish ; six dates in August, 7 fish ; five dates in Septem- 

 ber, 5 fish ; nine dates in October, 13 fish ; thirteen dates in November, 



15 fish ; four dates in December, 6 fish. 



Squid were recorded in the food on one date in May, two in June, 

 and one in August. 



19. Leptocephalus conger. 



May 14, 1914 ; 1 ; squid in stomach ; two larval cestodes. 



Conger eels were examined, most of them by Vinal N. Edwards, 

 without finding squid as food or P. loUginis as a parasite, as follows : 

 On one date in May, 6 fish ; two dates in July, 3 fish ; two dates in 

 August, 2 fish ; eight dates in September, 50 fish ; four dates in Octo- 

 ber, 37 fish ; one date in November, 1 fish. 



Selachians in which the larval form, Phyllohothrium loUginis., 

 was found were Mustelus canis, on three dates in May, one in June, 

 and one in July; Squalus acanthias, on eight dates in May, two in 

 June, one in July, and one in September ; Raja laevis, on four dates 

 in May; Raja ocellata, on nine dates in May and two in June. In 

 no case had proglottides begun to develop. If either of these four 



