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be interested in the details to the reports of the 

 California investigators and of those who deny the 

 correctness of their observation.* 



Councilmania lafleuri, the species of the intestine 

 of man, is described as being of an activity in mo- 



FiG. l^.—Councilmania lafleuri. 



As shown by Kofoid and Swez3^ A, trophozoite. B, budding 

 cyst. C, cyst. (Univ. of California Press.) 



tion comparable to Endavioeha histolytica and as 

 readily ingesting red blood corpuscles. The wall of 

 the cyst is very thick and the shape of this body is 



* See: Kofoid, C. A., and Swezy, O., Univ. of Cal. Publ. ZooL, 

 20, 169, 1921. Kofoid, C. A., Swezy, O., and Kessel, J. F., Ibid., 20, 

 431, 1923. Kofoid, C. A., Swezy, 6., and Kessel, J. F., Ibid.. 26, 21, 

 1924. Kofoid. C. A., and Swezy, O., Journ. Parasit. 10. 153, 1924. 

 Kofoid. C. A., Proc. Soc. Exp. 'Biol, and Med., 23, 299, 1926. Al- 

 len, E. A., Univ. of Cal. Publ. ZooL, 29, 175, 1926. Wenyon, C. 

 M., On Three Supposed New Entamocbae of Man. Trop. Dis. 

 Bull., 19, 19, 1922. Gunn, H., Councilmania lafleuri not a new 

 amoeba. Journ. Parasit., 9., 24, 1922. Wight, T., Notes on Coun- 

 cilmania lafleuri, Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med., 22. 517, 1925. 

 Wight, T. and Prince. L. H., Artifacts in Endamoebae which have 

 led to the Naming of a New Genus and Species. Am. Journ. 

 Trop. Med., 7, 287, 1927. Wenyon, C. M., Protozoology. Vol. I. 

 New York, 1926. 



