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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905 



EISHINOUYE, K.— Continued. 



Deseribi s the autozooid, siphonozooid, ece- 

 nenchym, spicules, gastro-vascular system, 

 skeleton, mode of ramification, color and 

 transparency of the skeleton, size, form, dis- 

 1 ribution, growth, attachment ,and commen- 

 sals. The systematic pari 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, Emu. vox. Reports on 

 the dredging operations off the west coast 

 of Centra! America to the Galapagos, to 

 the west coast iif Mexico, and in the Gulf 

 of California, hi charge of Alexander Agas- 

 si/,, carried <>n by the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. 

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

 manding, xxxin. Stein- iukI Hydro- 

 Korallen. 



Bull. Mus. Cornp. Zoo?., xliii, No. 2. Aug., 

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

 Twelve species are enumerated, of which 

 one species of Madrepdraria and two of lly- 

 drocoralla arc described .-is new. 



Reports on the dredging operations 

 off the west coast of Central America to 

 i he ( lalapagos, to the west coasl of Mexico, 

 and in the Gulf of California, in charge of 

 Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission steamer Albatross, dur- 

 ing 189] . Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, 

 l'. S. X., commanding, xxxiv. La- 

 gisca irritans, sp. now, ein Symbiont von 

 Hydrokorallen. 



Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooZ., xliii, No. 3, Aug., 

 1904, pp. 91 94, pi. 1. 

 The Polynoid here described was found com- 

 mensal with Stenohflia profunda Moseley and 

 Errina macrogastra Marenzeller, a1 station 

 3404. 



RANSOM, B. 11. An account of the tape- 

 worms of the genus Hymt noh jris parasitic 

 in man, including reports of several new 

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

 the United States. 



Bull. 18 Hiig. Lab., U. S. Pub. Health & 

 \Iar.-Hosp. Serr., Sept., 1904. 138 pp., 

 figs. 1-130. 

 The tapeworms in question arc fully de- 

 scribed and figured, and copious absl racts of 

 all reported cases of their occurrence in man 

 are given, including some 25 recent cases of 

 Hum, noh jus iiiinii in 1be Tinted States. A 

 complete bibliography is added. 



RANSOM, B. II. Notes on the spiny- 

 suckered tapeworms of chickens (Davai- 

 nea echinobothrida {=T&nia botrioplites) 

 and D. tetragona). 



Bull. Bureau A nimal Industry, U. S. Dept. 

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

 Descriptions and figures are given by which 

 the t wo forms in question, hitherto much con- 

 fused, may be clearly distinguished. Com- 

 plete synonymy and bibliography are in- 

 cluded. 



Manson's eve worm of chickens (Oxy- 

 spirvra mansoni), with a general review of 

 nematodes parasitic in the eyes of birds. 

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

 Agric., No. 60, 1904, 54 pp., pi. 1. figs. 

 1 in. 

 \ complete review, with descriptions, fig- 

 ures, and bibliography of all the nematodes 



which have 1 i reported parasitic in the eves 



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. 

 (ire. Bureau Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. 

 Anne.. No. 64, 1904, :; pp., figs. 1.2. 

 First report of the occurrence of a member 

 of I he genus Gongylom nut in birds. The spe- 

 cies in question is described and figured. 



Thegid parasite (( 'a nuruscerebralis): 

 its presence in American sheep. 



Hull. Hun mi Animal Industry, V. s. Dept. 

 Agric., No. 66, 1905, 23 pp.. figs. 1-12. 

 The first report of the occurrence of Carnu- 

 rus i ( ri bralis in the United States. 



SCIIULZL, Franz Eilhard. Amerikan- 

 ische Hexactinelliden nach dem materiale 

 der Albatross-Expedition. Herausgege- 

 lieti mil UnterstiitzungderKonigl. Preuss. 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften , Mit einem 

 At his von V.) Tafeln. Jena, Verlag von 

 Gustav Fischer. 1899.0. 

 ito pp. i 126. 

 Includes a notice of the h 'xactinellids pre- 

 viously known from America; a description of 

 Hi,, 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 dist ribution. 



STEVENSON, Earle C. A new parasite 

 (Strongylus quadriradiatus n. sp.), found 

 in the pigeon. (Preliminary report.) 



circ Bureau Animal Industry, U. S. 

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



a This title was accidentally omitted from an earlier report. 



