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PROTOZOOLOGY 



body surface with a coat of cilia in closely packed transverse 

 bands (insertion and movement entirely different from those of 

 Trichonytnpha) exce})t })()st(n'i()r end; 3 short flagella at anterior 

 end; nucleus, 20// by 2/x, conn(^cted with blepharoplasts by pro- 



FiG. 122. Diagram illustrating the life-cycle of Tetramitus rostratus 

 (Bunting), a, cyst; b, vegetative amoeba; c, division; d, after division; 

 e, f, stages in transformation to flagellate form; g, fully formed flagel- 

 late; h, flagellate prior to division; i, flagellate after division; j-1, trans- 

 formation stages to amoeba. 



longed tube which encloses nucleus itself; cytoplasm with scat- 

 tered wood chips; in termite gut. One species. Taxonomic 

 position undetermined. 



M. paradoxa S. About 340)u long, 200/^ broad and 25/x thick; 

 in gut of Mastotermes darwiniensis ; Australia. 



