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V. 



GENUS ENTAMOEBA CASAGKANDl & BARBAGALLO, 1895. 



Thkee species belonging to this genus are found in man. 1 shall 

 begin with the most important — 



(1) ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA SCHAUDINN, 1903 {EMEND. 



WALKER, 191 1). 



" Amoeba coli " Losch, 1875. 



? "Amoeba urogenitalis " Baelz, 1883. 



? Amoeba vaginalis Blanchaid, 1885. 



? Amoeba iiitcslinalis Blanchaid, 1885. 



"Amoeba dysenteriae " Councilman & Lafleur, 1891. 



Amoeba coli (Losch) ) i^Q„Xp . .o^^^ 



Amoeba dysenteriae (Counc\\m:\n & LiidGur) \ > J ' 



"Amoeba coli felis " Quincke & Roos, 1893. 



Amoeba lobosa var. coli Celli & P'iocca, 1894. 



Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903. 



Entamoeba dysenteriae (Councilman & Lafleur) Craig, 1905. 



[Entamoeba'] " tetragoua" (Schaudinn) Huber, 1906. 



Entamoeba coli var. tetragena Viereck, 1907. 



Entamoeba ajricana Hartmann, 1907. 



Entamoeba tetragena (Viereck) Hartmann, 1908. 



" Entamoeba Schaudinni " Lesage, 1908. 



Ponerauiocba histolytica Liihe, 1908, 



Entamoeba minuta Elmassian, 1909. 



Entamoeba nipponica Koidzumi, 1909 {pro parte). 



Entamoeba hartmantri Prowazek, 191 2. 



Entamoeba coli Werner, 191 2 (pro parte). 



Loschia {Viereckia) tetragena (^hatton & Lalung-Bonnaire, 191 2. 



Entamoeba brasiliensis Avixgiio, 191 2 {pro parte). 



Loschia histolytica (Schaudinn) Mathis, 1913. 



Entamoeba venaticnm Darling, 1915. 



Entamoeba minnta Woodcock & Penfold, 1916 {nee Elmassian, 1909). 



" Non-pathogenic E. tetragena'' Shimura, 1916 {pro parte). 



Endamoeba coli (Losch) Aragao, 1917. 



Endamoeba dysenteriae (Councilman & Lafleur) Pestana, 191 7. 



Entamoeba tenuis Kuencn & Swellengrebel, 1917. 



Entafnoeba minntissima Brug, 1917. 



Endamoeba histolytica (Schaudinn) Craig, 1917. 



Entamoeba coli conrmnnis Knowles & Cole, 1917 {pro parte). 



Historic. 



Entamoeba histolytica, the dysentery amoeba of man, was discovered 

 by Losch in 1873 {vide Losch, 1875), in the stools of a young Russian 

 peasant named Markoff, who had come, from his village in the Govern- 



