HYPERMASTIGINA 



321 



25-30)u long; ho lo zoic in colon of cockroaches; widely distributed. 

 L. striata Biitschli (Fig. 151, j-h). Elongate spindle; surface with 

 obliquely arranged needle-like structures which some investigators 

 believe to be a protophytan (to which Grasse gave the name, Fusi- 

 formis lophomonadis) ; bundle of axial filaments short, never protrud- 

 ing; movement sluggish; cyst spherical with needle-like structures; 

 in same habitat as the last species. 



Fig. 151. a-e, Lophompnas blattarum (a, b, in life, X320; c, d, stained 

 specimens; e, cyst, X1150) (Kudo); f-h, L. striata (f, in life, X320; 

 g, h, stained individuals, X1150) (Kudo); i, Prolophomonas tocopola, 

 X1200 (Cleveland et al.); j, Joenia annedens (Grassi and Fo^); k, Mi- 

 crojoenia pyriformis, X920 (Brown); 1, Torqiienyrapha odoplus, X920 

 ("Brown). 



Genus Eulophomonas Grassi and Fo^. Similar to Lophomonas, but 

 flagella vary from 5-15 or a little more in number; in termite gut. 



E. kalotermitis Grassi. In Kalotermes flavicollis; this flagellate has 

 not been observed by other workers. 



