668 Index 



Lecanophrya, 423 

 Lecbriopyla, 360 



mystax, 361 

 Lecquereusj'a, 249 



spiralis, 243 

 Lecudina, 285 



pe/Jucfda, 284 

 Lccudinidae, 285 

 Lecytbion, 285 



fha/assemae, 283 

 Lecytbium, 265 



granu/atum, 26^ 

 Legendrea, 353 



Joyezae, 352 

 LegereHa, 296 

 Legerellidae, 296 

 Legeria, 282 

 Leidyana, 285 

 Leishmania, 177 



brasiJiensfs, 579 



chagasi, 576 



chamae/onis, 176 



donovani, 575, 576 



tropica, 576, 578 

 Leishmaniasis 



agglutinin tests, 645 



causative organisms, 574 



chemotherapy, 581 



complement-fixation tests, 647, 648 



control, 581 



laboratory diagnosis, 580 



muco-cutaneous, 579 



oriental sore, 578 



transmission, 579 



visceral, 575 

 Lembadion, 364 



biiJJinum, 363 

 LembadioneJJa, 364 

 Leniboides (see: Paralembiis) 

 Lepiswatophih, 286 

 Lepochromu/ina, 126 

 LepocincJis, 167 



maissoni, 165 

 Leptomonas, 177 



ctenocephali, 17 



patellae, 176 

 Leptomyxa, 224 



reticulata, 224 

 Leptospironympha, 193 

 Leptotheca, 316 



oblmacheri, 312, 313 

 Lernaeophrya, 422 



capitata, 419 

 Leucocytozoon, 306 



coccyziis, gametocytes, 305 

 Leucophra, 362, 367 

 Leucophrydium, 364 

 Leucophrys (see: Tetrahymena) 

 Leucoplasts, 33 

 Leucosin, 38 

 Leukapsis, 130 

 Leukopyxis, 131 

 Licea, 233 

 Lichnophora, 385 



macfarlandi, 386 

 Lichnophoridae, 385 



Lieberkiihnia, 265 



wagneri, 263 

 Life-cycles 



dimorphism, 73 



general types, 71 



meiosis in {table), 80 



physiological, 94 



polymorphism, 73 



significance of, 73 

 Ligniera, 230 

 Lionotus, 342 



hsciola, 340 

 Lipids, synthesis of, 470 

 Lipocystis, 282 



polyspora, 280 

 Lipotropha, 282 



macrospora, 280 

 Lissodiniidae, 145 

 Lithocircus, 218 



annularis, skeleton, 217 

 LithocoUa, 209 

 Lithocystis, 290 



brachycercus, 289 

 Lithoiopus, 218 

 Lithoptera, 218 

 Lobomonas, 153 



rostra ta, 1^^ 

 Locomotion, 489 



amoeboid movement, 489 



ciliates, 491 



flagellates, 490 

 Lobopodia, 11 

 Lohmannie//a, 391 



eJegans, 390 

 LophocephaJus, 287 

 Lophomonadidae, 190 

 Lophomonadina, 190 

 Lophomonas, 190 



striata, 191 

 Lorica, 10 



Tintinnina, 391 

 Loxocepha/us, 367 



colpidiopsis, 365 

 Loxodes, 348 



lostTum, 30 



striatus, 347 

 Loxodidae, 348 

 LoxophyJJum, 342 



lostiatum, ^^o 

 Ludio, 385 

 Luminella, 392 

 Lwoff, A., 371, 380, 449 

 Lycoga/a, 233 

 Lyramula, 130 



McDonald, }. D., 563 



MacDougall, M. S., 508 



MachadoeJJa, 282 

 triatoinae, 278 



Macromastix, 182 

 Japsa, 181 



Macronucleus 



behavior in fission, 68 

 "dispersed" type (Di/eptus), 49 

 elimination of chromatin, 69 

 functional significance, 48 



