18 
further, it procures for the name any advantages in homonymy which 
may be gained by its proposal this year instead of later. 
As such subgeneric name I propose — 
GATESIUS a n. subg. - 
Diagnosis. — Dibothriocephalidse,^ Ligulinse, classified temporarily in Sparga- 
num: Adult unknown. Larva in its simplest form similar to tfie plerocercus 
of DibotJiriocephalus, except for suckers, which are not indicated; possesses the 
property of branching and of reproducing by budding, thus forming supernu- 
merary heads which become free from parent and assume the simple plerocercoid 
form. Body contains numerous calcareous corpuscles, richly developed canal 
system, and may contain reserve food bodies. 
Type species. — Sparganum (Gatesiiis) proUferum (Ijima, 1905) Stiles, 1908, 
from connective tissue of man ; Japan. 
It will be noticed that from the form of this proposal the name 
Gatesius is proposed not as a collective group, similar to Sparganum^ 
but as a true systematic name of subgeneric rank. lAlien the adult 
form becomes known the species should be taken out of the group 
Sparganum and this subgenus raised to generic rank. 
« Dedicated to Dr. H. Gates, of Manatee, Fla., who found the first American 
case. 
