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Fig. 38. Ciliates of ruminants. A. Buetschlia parva. X 1090. B. Isolricha prostoma. 

 X 320. C. Isolricha intestinalis. X 640. D. Dasytricha riDiiinantium. 

 X 420. E. Ophryoscolex caiidatus. X 425. F. Entodinimu bursa. X 640. 

 G. Entodiniuni minimum . X 640. H. Entodinimu caudatuni. X 640. I. En- 

 todiniuni bicarinatum . X 640. J. Entodinimu furca. X 640. K. Epidinium 

 ecaudatum. X 425. (From Becker and Talbott, 1927, in Iowa State College 

 Journal of Science, published by Iowa State Univ. Press). 



Genus BUETSCHLIA Schuberg, 1 888 



The body is ovoid, with a truncate 

 anterior end and a rounded posterior end. 

 There is a circular cytostome at the an- 

 terior end, but no cytopyge. The body is 

 uniformly ciliated except for long cilia 



surrounding the cytostome. 

 at the anterior end is thick, 

 nucleus is spherical. 



The ectoplasm 

 The macro- 



Biietschlia parva Schahevg, 1888 is 

 30 to 50^1 long and 20 to 30 ^ wide. B. 

 neglecta Schuberg, 1888 resembles 



