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(1925) (cat and dog). Brnnipt (1909rt) noted a form in Macacus sinieus. Fantliam 

 (1925) records T. mysiromyis from the white-tailed rat {Mystromyft alhicaudatus). 



Birds.— T. eberthi Martin and Robertson, 1911, three free flagella; and T.galli- 

 namm IVfartin and Robertson, 1911, fonr free flagella (caecum of fowls). T. columbo} 

 Rivolta, 1 878 (pigeons), and T. eolumbarum Prowazek and AragHfo ( 1 9:)9), are possibly 

 the same as T. columbw. Ratz (1913ff) observed a TrieJiomonas in the liver of a 

 pigeon, while Kotlan (1923) described Trichomonas eberthi and a new species, Tetra- 

 iriehomonas anatis, from the ciccum of ducks. 



Lizards. — T. Ucertce Prowazek, 1904, three free 

 flagella [Lneerta sp. and other lizards); T. mabiiiw Dobell, 

 1910, llnce free flagella [Mabuia carinata); T. sp. Dobell, 

 1910, three free flagella {Ilemidaciylus leschencmlti); T. sp. 

 Wenyon, 1921, three free flagella {Agama stellio and 

 Lacerfa agilis); T. sp. Franchini, 1921 {Lacerta ocellata). 



Snakes. — The writer has seen and cultivated a form 

 with three free flagella from Python molurus of India. 



Tortoises. — T. brumpti K\exG'\eR,\Q\2, fonr free flagella 

 {Nicoris trijuga). It has been seen by the writer in other 

 tortoises {Testudo radiata, T. calcarata, and T.argentina). 



Crocodiles. — A form identified as T. irrowazelci was 

 seen by Parisi (1910) in Crocodilus palustris. 



Amphibia. — T. batrachorum Perty, 1852, three free 

 flagella (frogs, toads, and newts, etc.) (Fig. 275); 

 T. augusta Alexeieff, 1911, three free flagella (frogs, 

 toads, and newts, etc.); T . ptroumzehi Alexeieff, 1909, fonr 

 free flagella {Salamandra maculosa, Triton cristatus, Alytes 

 obstricans); T. tritotiis Alexeieff, 1911, three free flagella 

 (newts); T. mirabilis Kuczynski, 1918, three free flagella 

 {Bufo sp. of the Congo); Tetratrichomonas batrachorum 

 Escomel, 1925, four flagella {Telmatobitis gebsM, South 

 America). Exechlyga acuminata Stokes. 1884, is probably 

 T. batrachorum. 



Fish. — T. legeri Alexeieff, 1910, three free flagella 

 {Box boops); T. prowazehi Alexeieff, 1910, four free 

 flagella {Box salpa); T. fp. Fantham, 1919 {Mugil capito). 

 Leeches. — T. sanguisugce Alexeieff, 1911, three free 

 flagella {Bccmopis sanguisuga); T. granulosa Alexeieff, 

 1911, three free flagella {Ecemopis sanguisuga); T. ninw 

 Icohl-yalimowi Yakimofl, 1917 {Luminatisturkestanensis). 



Molluscs. — T. limacis Dujardin, 1841 (land snail, Limax agrestis). 



Termites. — T. termitis Dogiol, 1916, four free flagella {Bhinotermes sp.); T. macro- 

 stoma Dogiel, 1916, four free flagella {Ilodotermes mossamhicus); T. dogieli Duboscq 

 and Grasse, 1923; three free flagella {('alotermes flavicollis); T. trypanoides Duboscq 

 and Grasse, 1924, four free flagella {L'd i<uil Hermes lucifugus); T. termopsidis Cleve- 

 land, 1925, four free flagella {Terniopsis iifradnisis). 



Fig. 275. — Trichomonas 

 bat7'achorum of the 

 Frog, showing Para- 

 basal Body after 

 Fixation in Her- 

 mann's Fluid 

 ( X 2,400). (After 

 Janicki, 1915.) 



The axostyle is abnormal in 

 not being pointed at its 

 posterior end. 



Invasion of the Blood-Stream by Trichomonas. 



The observation of Pentimalli (1923) of Trichomonas in the human 

 blood-stream has been mentioned above (p. 653). Lanfranchi (1908) 



