HYPERMASTIGINA 



279 



low operculum, two deeply staining rods from which flagella arise 

 and which extends posteriorly into 2 spiral flagellar bands; with- 

 out axostyle; nucleus anterior, median; wood chips ahvays present, 

 but method of feeding unknown; in Stolotermes victoriensis ; 

 Australia. 



'f'f'il'll 



t-fM 



\ 

 ^^^ 



vMJ 'H 





Fig. 129. a, Holomastigotes elongatum, x700 (Koidzumi); b, Holo- 

 mastigotoides hartmanni, X250 (Koidzumi); c, Spirotrichonyinpha 

 leidyi, X400 (Koidzumi); d, S. pidchella, X900 (Brown); e, Micro- 

 spirotrichonympha porteri, X250 (Koidzumi); f, M. ovalis, X600 

 (Brown); g, Macrospironympha xylopletha, X300 (Cleveland et al.); 

 h, Leptospironympha eupora, X1050 (Cleveland et al.). 



S. capitata S. 97/x by 38/i; flagellar bands closely spiral, reach 

 posterior end. 



Genus Macrospironympha Cleveland. Broadly conical; flagella 

 on 2 broad flagellar bands which make 10-12 spiral turns, 2 inner 

 bands; axostyles 36-50 or more; during mitosis nucleus migrates 

 posteriorly; encystment, in which only nucleus and centrioles are 



