406 PROTOZOOLOGY 



Genus Beloides Labbe. Epimerite bordered by pointed lateral 

 processes and apical style; spores biconical. 



B. firmus (Leger) (Fig. 183, k). Style 80/x long; cysts 180-200^ 

 in diameter; spores 14.5m by 6m; in gut of larvae of Dermestes 

 lardarius. 



Genus Taeniocystis Leger. Epimerite sessile or with a short 

 neck; 8-10 digitiform processes at its apex; deutomerite divided 

 by septa into many chambers; spores biconical. 



T. mira L. (Fig. 183, l). Sporadins tapeworm-like; 400-500^ 

 long; epimerite with 6-8 curved hooks; cysts spherical, 130/i in 

 diameter; spores 7m by 3m; in gut of larval Ceratopogon sol- 

 stitialis. 



Genus Stictospora Leger. Epimerite with a short neck, a spher- 

 ical crateriform ball with 12 posteriorly-directed laminations set 

 close to neck; cysts with a gelatinous envelope; without ducts; 

 spores biconical, slightly curved. 



S. 'provincialis L. (Fig. 183, m, n). Sporadins 1-2 mm. long; 

 cysts 800m in diameter; in gut of larvae of Melolontha sp. and 

 Rhizotrogus sp. 



Genus Bothriopsis Schneider. Epimerite sessile, small, oval, 

 with 6 or more filamentous processes directed upward; spores bi- 

 conical; cysts spherical. 



B. histrio S. (Fig. 183, o). Epimerite with 6 filaments,' 80-90m 

 long; cysts 400-500m long; spores 7.2m by 5m; in gut of Hydaticus 

 sp. 



Genus Coleorhynchus Labbe. Epimerite discoid, lower border 

 over deutomerite; spores biconical. 



C heros (Schneider) (Fig. 183, p-r). Sporadins 2-3 mm. long; in 

 gut of Nepa cinerea. 



Genus Legeria Labbe. Protomerite wider than deutomerite; 

 epimerite unknown; cysts without duct; spores cylindro-biconi- 

 cal. 



L. agilis (Schneider) (Fig. 183, s). In gut of the larvae of Co??/w- 

 hetes sp. 



Genus Phialoides Labbe. Epimerite a cushion set peripherally 

 with stout teeth, surrounded by a wider collar; with a long neck; 

 cysts spherical, without ducts; spores biconical. 



P. ornata (Leger) (Fig. 183, t-v). Sporadins 500m long; cysts 

 300-400m in diameter; spores 10.5m by 6.7m; in gut of larvae of 

 Hydrophilus piceus. 



