8 Verm. 
VERMES. 
A.ntonio Penafiel has a paper, “ Apuntes para la Helminthologia raexi- 
cana’' in Nat. Mex. 1870, pp. 63-56. Herrerca, torn. cit. pp. 173-176, has 
a note on Strongylas micrurus. 
Joseph (32) found fourteen species, one of which was also a marine 
form. 
Mayzel’s (34) observations on Nematoids were made on Ascaris nigro- 
venosa and Strongylas auricularis. 
Linstow (12) describes as new : — Dorylcemus fasciatus, D. tenuis^ 
Diplogaster viviparus, Rhahditis macrura^ Ascaris aurita^ .4. petromyzi^ 
Filaria spermospizce, Ileteracis longicaudata, II. longicirrata, Tropido- 
cerca glohosa, T. inermis^ Trichosoma striatum, Alermis setiformis, Disto- 
mum incrme, D. Jlavo-cincturn, D. Umnophili. 
Ascaris piscicola, Linstow [Zool. Rec. xv. Verm. p. 6], is the 
embryonic form of A. atm, Rud. ; the $ of F. hamata is described, as 
is the embryo of Angiostoma macrostoma. 
Linstow (12 a) describes as new : — 
Ascaris tiara (intestine of Varanus ornatus), A. heringi (intestine of 
Myrmecophaga jiibata) (p. 320), A. gallinulce (intestine of Gallinula chlo- 
rojms), A.philomeloi (intestine of Luscinia philomela) (p. 321). 
Filaria ascaroides (bronchi of Cercopithecus mona) (p. 322), F. involuta 
(gastric wall of Strix Jlammea) (p. 323), F. recta (gastric wall of Podiceps 
cristatus) (p. 324), F. leptoptera (stomach of Falco milvus) (p. 325), F. 
mogalli (under integument of Tetrao mogallas) (p. 325), F. codehs (gastric 
walls of Lanius rufus) (p. 326), F. turdi (gastric walls of Tardus merula) 
(p.327). 
Physaloptera pyramidalis (tendons of toes of Cholcepus didactylus), P. 
crassa (intestine of Alauda arvensis (p. 329). 
Oxyuris fcecunda (intestine of Simia satyrus) (p. 330), 0. hamata 
{Myopotamus coypas) (p. 331). 
Strongylas (? =s Eacyathostomam) spinulosas (^Oapra ibex) (p. 331), S. 
alatus (intestine of Manis tetradactyla), S. longicirratas (intestine of Bos 
grunniens) (p. 332), S. aculeatas (intestine of Macacus cynomolgus) 
(p. 333). 
Trichocephalus serratus (intestine of Felis domestica) (p. 334). 
Trichosoma longivaginatam (intestine ot Alauda arvensis) (p. 335). 
Gordius mantidis-pustalatce (body-cavity of M. pustalata) (p. 336). 
The paper of Da Silva Lima on Filaria medinensis audits entrance into 
the human body is translated in Veter, lii. pp. 67-69, 151-154, 235-238, 
319-322. 
J. H. Steel gives {tom. cit. p. 69) a list of the parasites of the Ass. 
In 1878, 138 persons suffered from trichinosis in Germany (Vet. Journ. 
viii. p. 299) ; the disease is spreading in Navarre (tom. cit. p. 218). 
In Atti Soc. Ital. 1879, pp. 855-868, Grassi & Parona publish a note 
“ Intorno all’ Anguillula intestinalis parassita delP uorno. 
Fayrer’s address (Feb. 5, 1879, reprinted from Med. Times and Gaz.) 
on the relation of Filaria sanguinis-hominis to the endemic diseases of 
India is to be consulted. 
