PRELIMINARY NOTE ON A NEW PROTOZOAN 



PARASITE OF EARTHWORMS OF THE 



GENUS EUTYPHCEUS. 



G. E. GATES. 

 JUDSON COLLEGE, RANGOON, BURMA. 



In the course of a recent study of the earthworms of Burma a 

 large protozoan parasite of unusual form was frequently en- 

 countered. The writer can discover no reference to any parasitic 

 animal of similar form in the literature. The following descrip- 



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FIG. i. Part of a trophozoite. (Camera lucida.) s.r., secondary ramus; 

 p.r., primary ramus; n., nuclear membrane; e., endosome. 



tion will therefore be of interest to zoologists, although it should 

 be understood that the present paper attempts nothing more than 

 the presentation in a preliminary way of data gathered during a 

 study of the host animal. 



The parasites may be as long as 4 mm. To the unaided eye 



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