TREMATODES FROM FISHES — LINTON 5 



also states that they usually are broken off in the process of removing 

 them from their host. 



Measurements in balsam: Length, 2.31 mm.; maximum breadth, 

 at level of mouth, 0.48 mm.; breadth at middle, 0.45 mm.; in front 

 of posterior sucker 0.14 mm.; distance of mouth from anterior end 

 0.35 mm. 



Host. — Remora {Remora remora). 



Record of collections. — Three, collected on July 28, 1910, from gills 

 of host. Small, white; two short, stout hooks on posterior sucking 

 disk; four eye spots dorsal to mouth. Dimensions, life: Length, 

 1.72 mm.; breadth, at mouth 0.7 mm., middle 0.56 mm.; posterior 

 disk, length 0.42 mm., breadth 0.35 mm. 



One, collected July 21, 1911, from gills of host. 



One (U.S.N.M. No. 8147), collected August 3, 1911, from gills of 

 host. 



Family UDONELLIDAE Taschenberg, 1879 



Genus LINTONIA MonUcelli, 1904 



LINTONIA PAPILLOSA (Linton) 



Nitzschia papulosa Linton, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 508, 509, pi. 40, 



figs. 1-7, 1898. 

 Lintonia papulosa (Linton), Monticeixi, Arch. Zool. Napoli, vol. 2, pp. 117- 



124, pi. 7, figs. 1-7, 1904. 



Seventeen examples of this species (U.S.N.M. No. 8146') were col- 

 lected by Vinal N. Edwards, April 10, 1913, from the common cod- 

 fish {Gadus 7no7rhua)^ taken on Georges Bank. 



Measurements in formalin: Smallest, length, 1.12 mm.; diameter, 

 lateral view, 0.28 mm. Largest, length, 2.1 mm.; diameter, lateral 

 view, 0.53 mm. 



Family CAPSALIDAE Baird, 1853 



Subfamily Benedeniinae Johnston, 1931 



Genus ENTOBDELLA Blainville, 1818 



ENTOBDELLA BUMPUSII (Linton) 



Epibdella lumpusii Linton, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. for 1899, pp. 286, 287, figs. 

 11-15, 1900. 



Since the publication of the original description of this species I 

 find among my notes record of this trematode on two occasions, both 

 from the skin of the stingray {Pastinachus centrourus). 



Record of collections. — One, collected June 24, 1921 ; length, about 

 11 mm. 



