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PROTOZOOLOGY 



D. quadrata F. (Fig. 307, c). 50-90/z by 33-68/*; with a deep dorsal 

 groove. 



Genus Blepharosphaera Bundle. Spherical or ellipsoidal; ciliation 

 uniform except in posterior region; caudal cilia; in the caecum and 

 colon of horse. 



Fig. 307. a, Biltschlia parva, X670 (Schuberg); b, Blepharoprosthium 

 pireum, X470 (Hsiung); c, Didesmis quadrata, X270 (Hsiung); d, 

 Blepharosphaera intestinalis, X600 (Hsiung); e, Blepharoconus cervicalis, 

 X360 (Hsiung); f, Bundleia postciliata, X530 (Hsiung); g, Blepharozoum 

 zonatum, X200 (Gassovsky). 



B. intestinalis B. (Fig. 307, d). 38-74 M in diameter (Hsiung, 1930a). 



Genus Blepharoconus Gassovsky. Oval; small cytostome; cilia on 

 anterior 1/3-1/2; caudal cilia; macro nucleus ovoid; 3 contractile 

 vacuoles; cytopharynx with rods; in the colon of horse. 



B. cervicalis Hsiung (Fig. 307, e). 56-83 m by 48-70m; Iowa (Hsiung, 

 1930, 1930a). 



Genus Bundleia da Cunha and Muniz. Ellipsoid; cytostome small; 

 cilia at anterior and posterior ends, posterior cilia much less numer- 

 ous; in the caecum and colon of horse. 



B. postciliata (Bundle) (Fig. 307, /). 30-56m by 17-32 M (Hsiung, 

 1930a). 



