In addition to hamster tumor cells induced or transformed by SV40, hamster a n t i 3 V40 S (Surface) antiserum also reacted with non-SV40-exposed cell lines spontaneously induced (BHK 21) (1) Some lines of SV40-exposed hamster cells contain the S antigen, although they do not contain SV40 T antigen, SV40 tumor-specific transplantation antigen, radioimmunoassay detectable SV40-specific surface antigen or hybridizable SV40-specific RNA Tevethia et al., 1968;Wright, 1971;Levine et al., 1970); (2) the sera of pregnant hamsters have been shown to react with hamster cells containing the S antigen (Duff and Rapp, 1970); and (3) upon exposure to proteolytic enzymes, lines of non-SV40-exposed hamster cells have been shown to contain an antigen similar or identical to the SV40 S antigen (Hayry --