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The following food notes were made as to hosts from which trema- 

 todes mentioned in this paper were obtained: 



Name. 



Number of 



hosts 

 examined. 



Food notes. 



Abudef duf saxatilis 



Angelichthys isabelita 



Anisotremus virginicus 



Auxis thazaird 



Calamus calamus 



Chlorichthys bifasciatus 



Clupanodon pseudohispanicus 



Echeneis naucrates 



Epinephelus mono 



striatus 



Eupomacentrus leucostictus. . 



Haemulon macrostomum 



plumieri 



sciurus 



Iridic bivittatus 



Kyphosus sectatrix 



Lachnolaimus maximus 



Lactophrys triqueter 



Lycodontis f unebris 



moringa 



Mycteroperca bonaci 



venenosa 



Neomasnis analis 



apodus 



griseus 



Ocyurus chrysurus 



Pomacanthus arcuatus 



Scarus caeruleus 



croicensis 



sp 



Sphyraena barracuda 



Teuthis caeruleus 



hepatus 



Tylosurus marinus 



Caretta caretta 



4 

 33 



3 



5 



169 



26 

 6 



7 



69 



Character of food not recognized. 



Red sponge and associated material, worm- 

 tubes, coralline and other vegetable ma- 

 terial. 



Alimentary canal empty. 



Character of food not recognized. 



Annelids, broken shells, isopods, spines of 

 sea-urchin. 



Annelids, small arthropods. 



Small annelids. 



Fragments of fish. 



Crabs, fish, octopus. 



Fish, crabs. 



Annelids, fragments of sea-weed. 



Annelids, fragments of crabs, mollusks. 



Annelids, Crustacea, fish, octopus, spines and 

 test of sea-urchin. 



Annelids, Crustacea, octopus, ophiurans. 



Character of food not recognized. 



Sea-weeds, small gastropods, ostracodes, iso- 

 pods. 



Broken moUusk shells and fragments of Crus- 

 tacea. 



Annelids in specimen in which distome was 

 found; in others sponges and vegetable de- 

 bris. 



Fish and Crustacea. 



Fish. 



Fish and crabs. 



Fish. 



Crustacea. 



Crustacea. 



Fish, Crustacea, mollusks, spines of sea-urch- 

 ins, kitchen refuse. 



Annelids, crabs, fish. 



Food evidently such as is browsed off the 

 reef; mainly red sponge and associated ma- 

 terial; sea- weed, fragments of Crustacea, 

 ascidians, annelids. 



Crushed mollusk-shells, crabs, spines and test 

 of sea-urchin, sand. 



Chalky material, vegetable material, and 

 sand. 



Chalky material . 



Fish. 



Annelids, scales of fish, vegetable debris. 



Crustacea, fish, sea- weed, sand. 



Fish. 



Fragments of sea-weed and Palinurus in one ; 

 vegetable debris in one; alimentary canal 

 of the other empty. 



