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PROTOZOOLOGY 



B. lemniscata Kirby (Figs. 141; 142, a). 21-51^ by 9-17)u; trailing 

 flagellum a band; cresta long, 7-9/x; in Cryptotermes hermsi and many 

 species of the genus; species of Neotermes, Glyptotermes and 

 Kalotermes. 



Genus Parajoenia Janicki. Medium large; with rounded extremi- 

 ties; 3 anterior flagella and trailing flagellum long; cresta of moder- 

 ate size; parabasal body well developed with its anterior end close to 

 blepharoplast; stout axostyle expanded anteriorly into leaf like 

 capitulum, bearing a longitudinal keel; in intestine of termites. 



papilla 

 ant. flagella 

 ant. lamella 

 bleph. group 

 nucL rhiz. 

 parab. f il. 

 parab. body 



cresta 



chrom. mass 

 nucl. memb. 

 chr. cone in ax. 



parab. spiral 



chromoph. element 

 of pb. 



axostyle 

 tr. flagellum 



Fig. 141. A diagrammatic view of the anterior part of Devescovina lem- 

 niscata, showing the cresta and other organellae (Kirby). 



P. grassii J. (Fig. 142, h). 29-59m by 12-33m; trailing flagellum 

 stout, cordlike; cresta about 9/x long; in Neotermes connexus. 



Genus Foaina Janicki {Janickiella Duboscq and Grasse; Para- 

 devescovina, Crucinympha Kirby). Small to medium large; 3 anterior 

 flagella; trailing flagellum about twice the body length; cresta 

 slender, 2.5-17m long; parabasal body single, in some with rami; in 

 intestine of termites. Many species (Kirby, 1942a). 



F. nana Kirby (Fig. 142, c). 6-18m by 4.5-8.5^*; trailing flageUum 

 a moderately stout cord, 2-3 times the body length; cresta slender, 

 8.5m long; filament part of the parabasal body reaching the middle 



