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FURTHER REMARKS ON THE GENERA GRITHIDIA, 
HERPET03I0NAS AND TRYPANOSOMA, AND DR 
WOODCOCK’S VIEWS THEREON. 
By ANNIE PORTER, D.Sc. Bond. 
Quick Laboratory, Cambridge, and University College, London. 
Through the courtesy of the Editors of Parasitology I have been 
favoured with an advance proof of the remarks of Dr Woodcock on a 
former note of mine relating to the procedure of the Recorder of the 
Protozoa section of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 
awd ih.e Zoological Record. In my article I raised three points. (1) In 
certain cases where the generic names Gidthidia and Herpetonionas were 
placed in inverted commas in the Catalogue, I stated that no direct 
evidence existed to justify such a procedure. (2) I protested against 
such meddlesomeness on the part of the Recorder. (3) I stated that 
the Recorder, who had not worked on the parasites themselves, held, 
consequently, extreme views. Dr Woodcock’s so-called reply has-afforded 
me considerable amusement and it is a matter of surprise to me that 
he has been so ill-advised as to write such a poor rejoinder—he must 
know that he has made no answer to my remarks. That the weakness 
of his position is well known to him is shown by his recourse to the 
tactics of vituperation and innuendo, where he remarks that my method 
of criticism is “ not straightforward but, on the contrary, distinctly 
oblique.” Dr Woodcock has no case and so has adopted metaphorically 
the old, old method of “ abusing the plaintiff’s attorney,” in the shape of 
discussing my own papers on parasites not originally under discussion. 
I am sorry that one who apparently claims to be an authority is reduced 
to such second-rate methods. While I regret the necessarily severe 
character of this, my rejoinder, it is impossible to deal otherwise with 
the numerous side issues raised by Dr Woodcock. 
To go to the heart of the matter: I ask again, What special 
evidence is there that Grithidia hystrichopsyllae is a trypanomonad 
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