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line. Cirrus i)ouch piriform, 120 to i6o /( long by 60 to 80 /<. wide, 

 containing a short cirrus, a somewhat twisted seminal vesicle and 

 numerous prostate cells. Testes lobulated. 120 to 160 ^ long by 60 to 

 80 jx wide, with zones coinciding and tields separate, situated about 

 one third of body length from posterior end. Ovary median, lobu- 

 lated, 60 to 120 /i long by 88 to 120 /x wide, immediately posterior to 

 acetabuluuL Seminal receptacle globular, about 60 /x in diameter, 

 postero-lateral of ovary. Vitellaria largely extracecal, extending from 

 posterior margin of acetabulum to level of anterior poles of testes. 

 Uterus long and convoluted, filling greater part of posttesticular 

 space and entire intercecal field as far forward as ovary. Eggs 32 /* 

 long by 18 /A wide. 



Host. — Athcrina araea Jordan and Gilbert (J-S 334). 



Location. — -Intestine. 



Locality. — Samana Bay, near Santa Barbara de Samana, Domin- 

 ican Republic. 



Type specimen. — U.S.N.M. Helm. Coll. no. 8714; paratypes 

 no. 8715. 



Lecithostaphylus atherinae differs from L. retroiiexus (Molin) as 

 described by Odhner (1911) in body shape, position of genital aper- 

 ture, and the size of the eggs. L. retroflexa is elongate oval, the 

 genital aperture is at the level of the pharynx, and the eggs are 41 /x 

 long by 20 fx wide, whereas in L. atherinae the body possesses 

 shoulderlike projections at the level of the ovary, which gives to 

 it somewhat the shape of a spearhead, the genital aperture is about 

 midway between the acetabulum and pharynx, and the eggs are 32 /u, 

 long by 18 ju. wide. The subfamily Lecithostaphylinae contains, ac- 

 cording to Fuhrmann (1928), the genera Lecithostaphylus Odhner, 

 Proctophantastes Odhner. and Lepidophylliim Odhner. Manter 

 (1926) has included in this subfamily the genus Stcganodernia Staf- 

 ford. Fuhrmann (1928) included Steganodenna in the subfamily 

 Zoogoninae, but his action in this case probably was unintentional, 

 since Stcganoderma is obviously more closely related to the genera 

 included in the Lecithostaphylinae than to those of the Zoogoninae. 



In reviewing the family Zoogonidae, which action was necessary 

 in connection with the identification of L. atherinae, the writer has 

 examined the types of the genera proposed by Linton (1910) and 

 finds that Deretrema fusillus Linton is congeneric with Proctophan- 

 tastes ahyssoruni Odhner and, according to priority, the genus Proc- 

 tophantastes must fall as a synonym of Deretrema, P. ahyssorum 

 Odhner becoming D. ahyssorum (Odhner). Furthermore, this re- 

 view has shown that the genus Diplangus Linton (1910). also belongs 



