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been determinecl as far as the species, but the genera repre- 
sented are not uncommon and are much the same as hereto- 
fore. 
Those determined are Filaria gracüis in the omentum of a 
monkey; Cysticercus tenuicollis in the omentum of a deer 
and Spiroptera incerta in the proventricle of 24 parrots. The 
number of cases of proventricular worms in the parrots has 
increased, there having been 18 in 1907 and 21 in 1908. The 
infection seems to have abated somewhat, however, because 
21 of the 24 this year occurred from March Ist to September 
Ist, 1908, only three having been observed during the second 
six months of the year. The report upon the ciliated para- 
site found in the liver of a wolf, read before the Pathologi- 
cal Society in February, 1908, appeared in the University 
of Pennsylvania Medical Bulletin in February, 1909, under 
the title “Note on the occurrence of a ciliate {Opalinopsis 
mideolobata, n. s.) in the liver of a mammal {Canis lairans), 
by Dr. Allen J. Smith and Dr. Herbert Fox.’’ 
Tuberculix Reactiox IX Moxkeys. 
During the year 30 monkeys and lemurs have been 
tested by this means. Of these, 27 passed the test and were 
sent to the ^lonkey House. One was killed after a suspicious 
reaction but autopsy failed to reveal any tuberculosis. Two 
died in the detention room before injection but were not 
tuberculous. 
Out of the 27 passed, 8 have died on exhibition but showed 
110 evidence of tuberculous infection. 
It is noteworthy that no infected animal has been received 
during the year, if one judge b}" the tuberculin test. Our 
faith in this test has been strenghtened by the freedom from 
tuberculosis of those monke 3 ^s which have come to autopsy 
during the year. No death from tuberculosis has occurred 
in the Monkey House since October, 1907. 
Dr. C. Y. White and Dr. Herbert Fox presented to the 
International Congress for Tuberculosis at Washington in 
October, 1908, before the section on Tuberculosis in Aninials, 
the results of the investigation upon the use of tuberculin 
as a diagnostic agent for tuberculosis in monke}'S as prac- 
