132 TAKASITIC PROTOZDA lOUX]) IN S. AFEICA. 



A TricliOiiunuis. probably 7. i inin /tatifi in// of ]3raiiiie 

 (1913),* was seen in llie reticiihun ot three sheep and one ox 

 examined in Onderstepoort and Jobannesburg-. The infections 

 were slight. 



A T nclioiiionds was also seen in the lectinn of a Muscovy 

 duck in Johannesburg-. The duclc suffered from diarrhrea. 



A Bodn was observed in the rumen of a sheep in 

 Johannesburg-. 



A ('('rconioii(i:< was found in tlie reticulum of an ox in 

 Johannesbttrg'. Probably it is the same organism as Cercninonas 

 rltizoidcd recorded by Liebetanz (1!)1()) t from the rumen of 

 cattle, sheep and g-oats. 



Small, ovoid flag'ellates, each with one relatively long- 

 flag-ellum, corresponding to ( h'Loi/ionas coiinininis of Liebetanz, 

 have been seen occasionally in the rumen and reticulum of 

 sheep and cattle in the Transvaal. 



Small, round flagellates, apparently the SpJuvromofuis 

 comt/iunis of Liebetanz, have been observed in the rumen and 

 reticulum of two goats near Pretoria. This flagellate is placed 

 by Braune in the genus Monas, as M. coinmvin's. 



The very interesting^ and primitive organism. Selenoinasfi.r 

 ruminnnfnnu, which is perhajjs a Proflagellate. may be men- 

 tioned here. It was seen in the rumen and reticidum of two 

 goats in the Transvaal. 



SroEOzoA. 



A LijiitplKK-jitoiiiefiai ina was found in the lymphocytes of 

 the blood of a freshly-killed giraife shot in Barotseland. 1 have 

 ])leasure in thanking Dr. Jlertig for tlip film. 



I have received from Mr. S. H. Skaife, of Cedara, Xatal, 

 some hive-bees whiidi he suspected to be infected with spores 

 of Nosema apis. I have determined that this parasite was 

 present and confirmed the diagnosis. Some deaths occurred 

 among the hive-bees from this infection. 



The Myxosporidia, recorded by me from various fish last 

 year, were seen again while I was on a visit to the Ca})e 

 Peninsula in February, 1020. 



Sarcospokidia. 



While examining organs of sheep for Sat-roci/sfis fenelhi, 

 I have found spores of the parasite in tlie reticulum and ceecuni, 

 as vrell as in blood smears from the heart, lymphatic glands 

 and spleen. A young multiau( leate trophozoite was seen in 

 a scraping of heart nurscle of a shee]). For the loan of some 

 of the smears mentioned I am indebted to friends and fellow- 

 workers. 



During 1919-1920, while examining fresh post-mortem 

 material from domestic animals at the Veterinary Eesearch 

 Laboratory, Onderstepoort, Transvaal, occasion was taken 

 weekly to examine scrapings and smears of heart muscle for 

 spores of Sat-coci/sfis feneJla. Tlie hearts of sheep and cattle, 

 especially the former, were most usually available. Three to 



* Arch. f. Protistenkiincle, xxxii, p. 111. 

 t IhUh xix. p. 19. 



