90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxiii. 



proboscis, leng-th 1.2, diameter, exclusive of hooks, at base 0.37, 

 middle 0.55, apex 0.87, length of longer hooks 0.08; length of neck, 

 approximate, 0.33; diameter of neck, anterior 0.35, posterior 0.50; 

 sheath length 2.4, diameter, middle 0.63; diameter of body, at base of 

 sheath, 0.9, near posterior end 0.45; testes al)out equal, length (».l^4, 

 breadth 0.16. 

 Epinephelus m acuhmis. 



July 14, two, from cysts on serous coat of rectum, some dark pig- 

 ment in cysts. August 3. one, on viscera. 

 Eplnephelus morio. 



July 22, one, on viscera. Dark brown degenerate tis.sue associated 

 with cyst, also in the cyst along with the worm. 

 Ep'niepliduti driatuH. 



July 16, one, an inmiature female; July 27, twelve, on pyloric cceca; 

 August 3, numerous on viscera and mesenter3^ 

 Hxm ulonjiavollneatam . 



Jul}^ 27, one, encapsuled on viscera. 

 Ladi li (A a Im us inaximus. 



August 3, eleven, encapsuled on viscera. 

 Mijcteroperca apua. 



July 21, two, encapsuled on viscera. 



Neommnis gyiseus. 



July 27, two, encapsuled on viscera. 



Neon) mnls hastingsi. 



July 27, one, encapsuled on viscera. 

 Ocyiirus chrysurt/.s. 



July 14, six, from serous coat of viscera. 



Order NEMATODA. 



Nematodes were found in 15 of the 51 species of fish examined. 

 Immature nematodes, while found in 8 species of tish, were not 

 abundant in an3^ In man}^ cases they were found to have given rise 

 to cysts in the stomach wall. All but one of the finds of inunature 

 nematodes belong to the same species. Nematodes were found in the 

 muscular tissue of but 1 species of tish, the gar. 



ASCARIS, species. 



Plate I, figs. l-\b. 



Head truncate, lips sc^uarish, no interlips; esophagus long, cylin- 

 drical, with bulbous base, from which springs a slender and usually 

 short diverticulum; intestine relatively large with thick sacculated 

 walls, its div^erticulum short; nearly linear, tapering at each end, and 

 crossed by exceedingly tine transverse stride and by coarser furrows, 



