SPOROZOA, GREGARINIDA 557 



A. amphorellus E. (Fig. 237, h). Sporadins 500-970/* long; in gut 

 of Scolopendra heros. 



Genus Pyxinia Hammerschmidt. Epimerite a crenulate crateri- 

 form disc; with a style in center; spores biconical. Species (Vincent, 

 1922). 



P. bulbifera Watson (Fig. 237, i). Sporadins up to 850m by 260m; 

 in gut of Dermestes lardarius (Watson, 1916a). 



Genus Schneideria Leger. Epimerite sessile, a thick horizontal 

 disc with milled border; a style arising from center; sporadins with- 

 out protomerite; spores biconical (Leger, 1892). 



S. mucronata L. (Fig. 237, j). Sporadins 700-800m long; agile; 

 polymorphic; cysts 270m by 190m; spores fusiform, 15m by 9m; in 

 intestinal caeca of larvae of Bibio marci. 



Genus Beloides Labbe. Epimerite bordered by pointed lateral 

 processes and apical style; spores biconical (Labbe, 1899). 



B. firmus (Leger) (Fig. 237, k). Style 80m long; cysts 180-200m 

 in diameter; spores 14. 5m by 6m; in gut of larvae of Dermestes lar- 

 darius. 



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. 237, I). Sporadins tapeworm-like; 400-500m 

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

 diameter; spores 7m by 3m; in gut of larval Ceratopogon solstitialis. 



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 (Leger, 1893). 



S. provincialis L. (Fig. 237, 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 biconical; 

 cysts spherical (Schneider, 1875). 



B. histrio S. (Fig. 237, 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) (Figs. 234, k; 237, p-r). Sporadins 2-3 mm. 

 long; in gut of Nepa cinerea. Development (Poisson, 1939). 



Genus Legeria Labbe. Protomerite wider than deutomerite; epi- 



