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outline appeared to be encysted (Fig. 195, d). Some experiments con- 

 ducted with house flies showed that a temporary infection of the gut 

 resulted from feeding them on the cloacal mucus. It is in this material, 

 rather than in the actual faeces that the flagellate occurs. 



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Fig. 194. — Leishmania chamccleonis in the Lumen of a Gland of the Cloaca of 

 Chamceleon vulgaris ( x 1,700). (After Wenyon, 1920; from Parasiiologtj, vol. xii.) 



Franchini (1921a) has examined two specimens of C. vulgaris, and 

 has noted that the flagellates may occur in small numbers in the upper 

 parts of the intestine. Leishmania forms are said to occur in the stomach. 



