2Q8 NOTES ET INFORMATIONS 



widely eraployed even in french and english papers. The évident disad- 

 vantages of sucb terms as are unproQOunceable and unintelligible to stu- 

 dents unfamiliar with Ihe german and are furthermore incapable of inflec- 

 tion serve as my excuse for cailing attention to a tenn in use in the labo- 

 ratory hère to designate this structure, nameiy oocapt. Formed on the 

 anaiogy of Leucliart's generally accepted terra ootype for a neighboring 

 structure in the reproductive apparatus and conveying the appropriate 

 idea suggested by Pintner, the term oocapt has proved in use both conve- 

 nient and précise. As it is to be used in papers novv being published by 

 sonie of my students, this explanation is aiso necessary in order to pre- 

 vent possible confusion or misunderstanding regarding its origin and 

 meaning. — Henry B. Ward, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. 



About Echinorhynchus of Cetacea. — In my « Notes on the species of 

 Echinorhynchus parasitic in the Cetacea » published in the second number 

 of this volume, I stated that Echinorhynchm porrigens Rud. was probably 

 found parasitic in Balaenoptera borealis Lesson. My authoritywasProfessor 

 CoLLETT who was not absolutely certain that the spécimens he removed 

 from the intestines of Rudolphi's Rorqual belonged to the species in ques- 

 tion, Professor Jâgerskiold has how^ever kindly drawn my attention to 

 the fact that he has found Echinorhynchus porrigens in Baldenoptera 

 borealis and recorded the observation in the Biologiska Fôreningens Fôr- 

 handUtiqar, IK, p. 127, 1891. The matter is thus settled beyond a doubt. 



In referring to D^ Borgstrom's paper on E. turbinella, E. breoicoUis and 

 E. porrigens, 1 was only able to mention the place of publication because 

 I only had access to it as an Inaugural Dissertation, Professor Jâgerskiold 

 tells me that it was published in the Bihang till kong. Scenska Vetenskaps- 

 A.kademiens HandUngar, XVll, 1892, Afdeling IV. — Arthur E. Shipley. 



