SPOROZOA 45 



T. pulcher Schneider. In the intestine of Scutigera; length .07 mm. 



Family 3. ACTINOCEPHALIDAE. 



Solitary animals with symmetrical epimerite; spores symmetrical 

 and spindle-shaped : 17 genera and about 27 species. 



1. Amphoroides Labbe. Epimerite simple and regular, with a 

 conical point; protomerite very short and cup-like; spores biconical: 

 2 species. 



A. fontariae Crawley (Fig. 64). Deutomerite a long oval, hinder 

 end being always blunt; protomerite circular or pen- 

 tagonal; length .13 mm.: in diplopods of the family 

 Polydesmidae; often numerous. 



2. AsTEROPHORA Leger. Epimerite mucronate and 

 elongate; protomerite usually larger than the deutom- 

 erite: 3 species. 



A. cratoparis Crawley (Fig. 65). Deutomerite lance- 

 olate, terminating bluntly ; protomerite round with a pig. 65 



conical projection in front; epimerite small, consisting of Asterophora 



o -1 1 1 r • T • 1 1 1 cratoparis 



a number oi ribs; length .5 mm.: m curculionid beetles. (Crawley). 



Family 4. MENOSPOKIDAE. 



Epimerite large, joined by a long neck with the 

 protomerite; spores crescent-shaped: 2 genera. 



HoPLORHYNCHTJS Carus. Animals solitary; elliptical 

 in shape; epimerite with 6 to 8 long marginal teeth: 

 2 species. 



H. actinotus (Leidy) (Fig. 66). Deutomerite conical 

 with a pointed hinder end; protomerite small, tending to 

 fuse with the deutomerite; epimerite long, with a large 



Fig. 66 

 Hoplorhyn- 



chus spreading front end; length .5 mm.: in Scolopocryptops, 



(Crawley). a diplopod. 



Family 5. DOLIOCYSTIDAE. 



Deutomerite not separate from protomerite: spore ovoid, with polar 

 thickening: 1 genus. 



DoLiocYSTis Leger. With the characters of family: 6 species. 



D. rhyncoboli Crawley. Deutomerite long, tapering to the hinder 

 end; protomerite and epimerite small: in the intestine of Rhynchoholus 

 americamis. 



