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week on the roadside near the Chaiiburji grounds in August. 

 Every drop contained several specimens. The animals were 

 63-84 yLt by 45 yLt in size, and contained yellow or brown alga?. 

 The form however differed from the one figured in Lang {15) in 

 certain important respects. The macronucleus, which is large and 

 sphaeroidal, is situated in the anterior half of the body, and is carried 

 about in the granular endoplasm. When stained with acetic methyl 

 green it is found to be of the granular type, and a small rounded 

 micronucleus is placed on its surface. The mouth is anterior and 

 terminal, but the pharynx does not extend as far back as there 

 figured. The animals were examined after slowing their move- 

 ments by the mucilage obtained from Ispaghul seeds (seeds of 

 Planiago ovaia), and the pharynx studied in a dilated condition. 

 It was found to be 12 /-t in length, and measured 9 /z across at its 

 anterior end, becoming somewhat narrower posteriorly. The fascicle 

 of rods in the pharynx was distinct, and eight rods could be counted 

 in the surface presented to view. The cilia on either side of the 

 mouth were slightly longer than over the rest of the body. The 

 contractile vacuole is single and situated near the posterior end of 

 the body, though in one specimen, which was about to disintegrate^ 

 two subsidiary ones were also seen situated on one side of it. 



Family Amphileptina Biitschli. 



Genus Loxophyllum Duj. 



Loxophyll'iim fasciola Ch & Lachm. 



Specimens belonging to this typical form were found in large 

 numbers in September in water from a draiu. Body small, 63 //. 

 in length, greatest width 31 yu,. 



Genus Loxodes (Ehrbg.) 01. & Lachm. 



Loxodes rostrum (O.F.M.) Eln-bg. (— Pelicida rostrum Duj.). 



Specimens referable to this species were found in water from a 

 pond in the Lawrence Gardens (August). The usual size recorded 

 for the species by Eyferth (/,?) is 450-580 /x, but the specimen& 

 found in Lahore were very much smaller. One specimen measured 

 126/1, by 44 /i, another 150//, by 63//,. This agrees fairly closely 

 with the minimum size as recorded in Kent {14) (yJ^, in.), or 

 Pritchard {17) {^\^ in.). Ciliation uniform, marginal cilia sliort, 

 fine, and close set, the cilia bordering the adoral groove being 

 somewhat larger. The mouth is situated in the concave border of 

 the proboscis, which measured 32 ^ in one specimen and 42 fi in 

 the other. Body flexil)le, but persistent in form, with the anterior 

 extremity curved slightly to the left; posterior end bluntly pointed 



