. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FiGDEB 289.—Lernaeenicus afflxus: a. Female, .dorsal; b^ female, second antenna ; c, female, maxilla fifths as wide and about one-third as long as the trunk; the caudal rami are tiny knobs, destitute of setae. First antenna 2-segmented; second antenna with one seg- ment and an apical claw; first two pairs of legs bira- mose, rami 1-segmented; third leg with a basal plate and a single 1-segmented ra- mus; fourth leg with basal plate only, no ramus. Total length, 20-30 mm. Egg strings, 15-20 mm. long. Remarks.—These parasites often bunch thems
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FiGDEB 289.—Lernaeenicus afflxus: a. Female, .dorsal; b^ female, second antenna ; c, female, maxilla fifths as wide and about one-third as long as the trunk; the caudal rami are tiny knobs, destitute of setae. First antenna 2-segmented; second antenna with one seg- ment and an apical claw; first two pairs of legs bira- mose, rami 1-segmented; third leg with a basal plate and a single 1-segmented ra- mus; fourth leg with basal plate only, no ramus. Total length, 20-30 mm. Egg strings, 15-20 mm. long. Remarks.—These parasites often bunch themselves on the throat of the tomcod, three or four using the same open- ing through the skin, but at- taching their heads to differ- ent bones. This attachment to a bone and the single pair of horns, usually unbranched, are the distinguishing characters. LERNAEENICUS LONGIVENTRIS Wilson FlQTJBB 290 Lernaeenicus longiventris Wilson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 53, p. 66, pi. 7. 1917. Occurrence.—From the flesh of the barrelfish {Palinurichthys per- 1'%>;j^J^ X_yii^-— ciformis)., the bluefish {Pomato- A U THUS saltatrix) ^ the Spanish mack- erel {Scomheromorus Tnaculatus), the crevalle {Caranx hippos), and the hardtail {Caranx crysos), all captured in and around Woods Hole. Dwtnhution.—From flesh of dolphin {Coryphaena hippurus), Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nan- tucket; gills of black drum {Pogonias cromis), at Norfolk, Va.; operculum of common mullet {Mugil cephalus), at Beaufort, N. C. (Wilson). Color.—Body yellowish white, head a pinkish red, oviducts dark brown, &gg strings a deep maroon. Female.—Head at right angles to the neck, without horns but with three knobs, one posterior and two lateral. Neck much longer. a tiGUEE 290.—Lernaeenicus longiventris: a. Female, lateral; b, female, first and second antennae. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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