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Fig. 180. — Ophryocystis mesnili, gamete formation and fertilization. A, Two 

 individuals attached by processes to epithelial cells of a Malpighian tubule of Tene- 

 brio mollitor; B, union of gamonts in pseudoconjugation; C, D, E, divisions (probably 

 meiotic) of nuclei of the two gamonts; G to K, formation of two gametes and their 

 union in fertilization; L to N, metagamic divisions resulting in eight sporozoites in 

 the single sporoblast. (After Leger.) 



