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REPORT OF "NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. 



KISHINOUYE, K.— Continued. 



Deseril)es the autozooiJ. siphonozooid, ccp- 

 nenchym, spicules, gastro-vascular system, 

 skeleton, mode of ramification, color and 

 transparency of the skeleton, size, form, dis- 

 tribution, growth, attachment, and commen- 

 sals. The systematic part deals with 7 spe- 

 cies, one of which is new. The type specimen 

 of Corallium secundum Dana, which is in the 

 U. S. National Museum, is reproduced from a 

 photograph made in Washington. 



MARENZELLER, Emil von. Reports on 

 the dredging operations off the west coast 

 of Central America to the Galapagos, to 

 the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf 

 of California, in charge of Alexander Agas- 

 siz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. 

 Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., com- 

 manding. XXXIII. Stein- und Hydro- 

 Korallen. 



Bull. Mus. Co77!p. Zoo/., XLHI, No. 2, Aug., 

 1904, pp. 75-87, pis. 1-3. 

 Twelve species are enumerated, of which 

 one species of Madreporaria and two of Ily- 

 drocoralla are described as new. 



Reports on the dredging operations 



off the west coast of Central America to 

 the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, 

 and in the Gidf of California, in charge of 

 Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission steamer Albatross, dur- 

 ing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, 

 U. S. N., commanding, xxxiv. La- 

 gisca irritans, sp. nov., ein Symbiont von 

 Hydrokorallen. 



Bull. Mu.i. Comp. Zool.,XLni,l<io. ^, Aug., 

 1904, pp. 91-94, pi. 1. 

 The Polynoid here described was found com- 

 mensal with Stenohelia profunda Moseley and 

 Errina macrogastra Marenzeller, at station 

 3404. 



RANSOM, B. H. An account of the tape- 

 worms of the genus Hymenolepis parasitic 

 in man, including reports of several new 

 cases of the dwarf tapeworm (//. nana) in 

 the United States. 



Bull. 18 Hyg. Lab., U. S. Pub. Health & ' 

 Mar. -Hasp. Serr., Sept., 1904, 138 pp., 

 figs. 1-130. 

 The tapeworms in question arc fully de- 

 scribed and figured, and copious abstracts of 

 all reported cases of their occurrence in man 

 are given, iiicludin_g some 25 recent cases of 

 Hymenolepis nana in the United States. A 

 complete bibliography is added. 



a This title was accidentally 



RANSOM, B. H. Notes on the spiny- 

 suckered tapeworms of chickens {Davai- 

 nea echinobothrida {^Tienia hotrioplites) 

 and D. tetragona). 



Bull. Bureau Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. 

 Agric, No. 60, 1904, pp. ."55-69, figs. 41-52. 

 Descriptions and figures are given by which 

 the two forms in question, hitherto much con- 

 fused, may Ijc clearly distinguished. Com- 

 plete synonymy and bibliography are in- 

 cluded. 



Manson's eye worm of cliickens (Oxij- 



spirvra mansoni), with a general review of 

 nematodes parasitic in the eyes of birds. 

 Bull. Bureau Animal Industry, U. S.De.pt. 

 Agric, No. 6*, 1904, 54 pp., pi. 1, figs. 

 1-40. 

 A complete review, with descriptions, fig- 

 ures, and bibliography of all the nematodes 

 which have been reported parasitic in the eyes 

 of birds, Oxyspirura mansoni being recorded 

 for the first time in the United States. 



A new nematode {Gongylonema in- 



gluvicola) parasitic in the crop of chickens. 

 Circ. Bureau Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. 

 Agric., No. 64, 1904, 3 pp., figs. 1, 2. 

 First report of the occurrence of a member 

 of the genus Gongylonema in birds. The spe- 

 cies in question is described and figured. 



The gid parasite {Coenuruscerebralis): 



its presence in American sheep. 



Bull. Bureau Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. 

 Agric, No. C6, 1905, 23 pp., figs. 1-12. 

 The first report of the occurrence of Coenu- 

 rus ccrebralis in the United States. 



SCHULZE, Franz Eilhard. Amerikan- 

 ische Hexactinelliden nach dem materiale 

 der Albatross-Expedition. Ilerausgege- 

 ben mit Unterstiitzung der Konigl. Preuss. 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mit einem 

 Atlas von 19 Tafeln. Jena, Verlag von 

 Gustav Fischer. 1899.o 

 4to. pp. 1-126. 

 Includes a notice of the hexaetinellids pre- 

 viously known from America; a description of 

 the genera and species (22 genera and 37 spe- 

 cies, of which 6 genera and 24 species are new) , 

 with chapters on classification and geograph- 

 ical distribution. 



STEVENSON, Earle C. A new parasite 

 {Strongylus quadriradlatus n. sp.), found 

 in the pigeon. (Preliminary report.) 



Circ. Bureau Animal Industry, IT. S. 

 Dept. Agric, No. 47, 1904,66 pp., figs. 

 1-10. 

 omitted from an earlier report. 



