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are large numbers, and it is not without its risks. Leger has tried, with 

 great success, placing the fry for 15 minutes in formolated water 

 (0 • 4 gr. of the commercial solution in a litre of water). This treat- 

 ment also cuts off Gyrodartylus, another troublesome parasite. 



New Microsporidian.* — Charles Perez describes from Termes luci- 



fugus a new microsporidian parasite which he calls Duboscquia legeri 



g. et sp. n. It may be ranked along with Glugea, for in both the element 



that issues from the spore grows without dividing, and forms a large 



trophozoite inclosing numerous spores. 



Hsemogregarines in a Pentastomid.f — S. Prowazek found Hsemo- 

 gregarina pgtho/ris Bill, in the blood of a Java python. In the python 

 there were four Pentastomids {Porocephaliis moniliformis) and in the 

 alimentary canal of these there were more Hsemogregarines. There was 

 evidence that they had continued to develop in the Pentastomid. , 



* C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris, lxv. (1908) pp. 631-3. 

 f Zool. Anzeig., xxxiii. (1908) pp. 465-6 (2 figs.). 



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