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thus raised to eight, of which the author gives a synopsis. All the 

 species under consideration are adequately illustrated, and a list of the 

 literature on the subject is appended. E. H.-A. 



Protozoa of Lahore. — B. L. Bkatia (Records of the Indicm Museum, 

 12, part 5, Sept. 1916, 77) contributes notes on ciliate Protozoa of 

 Lahore. 1. On the occurrence of three contractile vacuoles in specimens 

 of Paramsecium caudatmn. The occurrence of the third contractile 

 vacuole is recorded for the first time in this species (It had been 

 observed by Butschli in P. putrimmi). 2. The author records a number 

 of the more striking Ciliata that he has come across in ditches and 

 ponds in and about Lahore. The list is not claimed to be complete, 

 but includes a new species Holophrya indica and a new species of 

 Loxophyllum fasciola (Ehrbg.) to which he gives the name Pimjahensis. 

 In addition to these, ten species are recorded, four of which are adequately 

 described. The paper is efficiently illustrated, and full references to 

 the literature are given. E. H.-A. 



