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HiEMOGEEGARINEB FOUND IN THE BlOOD OF REPTILES — continued. 



2 Rat-tailed Serpents — Lachesis lanceo- 

 latus 



2 Teguexins — Tupinambis teguexin 



Habitat 



S. America 

 do. 



3 Black-spotted Lizards — Algoroides 

 nigro-punctatus Adriatic 



9 Indigo Snakes — Coluber corais . . 



Vivaceous Snake — Tarbophis fallax 

 3 Lace Monitors — Varanus varius . . 



Horseshoe Snake — Zamenis hippocrepis 

 6 Indian Pythons — Python molurus . . 



20 Diamond Rattlesnakes — Crotalus 

 atrox 



C. America 



S. Europe 

 Australia 



S. Europe 

 India 



Texas 



Character 



Host-cells enlarged 

 Parasites bulky and 

 very full of granules ; 

 many with only re- 

 mains of nucleus at- 

 tached 



Short to medium, 

 some bottled-shaped ; 

 chromidia at both 

 ends ; free sporonts 

 in all 



Host-cells enlarged 

 and dehaemoglo- 



binized 



Medimn ; cells un- 

 altered 



Parasites large and 

 contain granules ; 

 cells not altered 



Bulky ; turned over at 

 one end 



Host -cells often de- 

 formed ; generally 

 diminished in size 



King Snake — Coronella getula 



Host-cells enlarged 

 and dehsemoglo- 

 binized 

 N. America Very thick, short 

 forms ; some free 

 sporonts which are 

 long and pointed 



Hoary Snake— Pseudaspis cana , , . . S. Africa Short, bulky and full 



of granules ; host- 

 cells deformed 



Puff Adder — Bitis arietans do. Medium ; host cells 



unaltered 



Mexican Snake — Coluber melanoleucus Mexico Host-cells very much 



enlarged 



Senegal Chameleon — Chameleon senegal- 

 ensis W. Africa Short, bulky 



6 Cobras — Naia tripudians India Long parasites ; cells 



unaltered 



Large Grieved Tortoise — Podocnemis ex- 



pansa S. America Bulky and granular, 



with excentric nu- 

 cleus 



Alligator — Alligator mississippiensis . . N. America Parasites small, gra- 

 nular ; nucleus often 

 excentric 



2 Clark's Lizards — Sceloporus clarkii . . do. Long, with dense nu- 



clei, some hooked ; 

 cells greatly altered 



3 Diamond Pythons — Python spilotes . . Australia Very long, doubled 



over 

 Gallons Lizard — Lacerta galloti . . . . Canary Islands Adherent to nucleus of 



host-cell ; granules 

 at both ends 



