ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 589 



Trypan osomes and Leucocytozoon in Congo Birds.* — J.Kerandel 

 describes TiTpanosomes and forms of Leucocytozoon from Numida mele- 

 af/ris, Francolinus hicaJcaratus, Widow-bird, Roller, Goatsucker, etc. 



New Chloromyxum from Gall-bladder of Carp.t— T. Fujita des- 

 cribes Chloromyxum koi sp. n., which he found infesting numerous carps. 

 The transparent sporoblasts contain one to three nearly spherical spores, 

 ivith a thick shell marked bv circular and meridional ridges. Each 

 spore contains four polar capsules at one pole. By application of a 

 stimulating reagent, the capsules can be easily made to throw out the 

 filament. 



* Ann. Inst. Pasteur, xxvii. (1913) pp. 421-39 (2 pis.). 

 t Annot. Zool. Japon, viii. (1913) pp. 257-9. 



