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INDEX 



99 f., 101 ; of Haemosporidae, 102 ; 



of Acystosporidae, 103, 104 f. 

 Mertensia, 4^7 ; M. ovum, 417 ; stage of 



Lobata and Cestoidea, 414 

 Mertensiidae, 417 

 Mesenchyme, 604 

 Mesenteric filaments, Alcyonaria, 331, 333 ; 



Zoantharia, 369 

 Mesenteries, of Alcyonaria, 329, 334 ; of 



Zoantharia, 329, 366 f., 368 ; of Aster ias 



rubens, 439 ; of Holothnria nigra, 562 ; 



of Antedon rosacea, 585, 586 

 Mesnil, on Sporozoa, 94 ; Caullery and, on 



Actinomyxidiaceae, 98 n. 

 Mesodinmm, 1S7, 152 

 Mesogloea, 246 ; of Alcyonaria, 330 

 Metabolic, metabolism, 13 

 Metac'iiemes, 367 

 J/,',/o-/,(//x, 588, 591 



Metaiuorpliosis, of Insects, 44 ; of Di- 

 plenrula, 610 f. 



Metanip. 168, 169 



Metaphytes, 41 — see also Plants, Higher 



Metazoa, 40 f. ; rheotaxy of, 21 ; origin of, 

 from Protozoa, 40 f. ; flagellate sperms 

 of, 109 ; hosts of Polymastigidae, 111 — 

 see also Animals, Higher 



Method of study of the life -cycle, of 

 organisms of putrefaction, etc., 44 ; of 

 Flagellata, 116 ; of Ciliata, 147 



Met opus, 137 ; AI. pyriformis, 154 ; Af. 

 si.jimnJrs. 154 



Miiriiliiiiii, .iSl (=Actinoloba, q.v.) 



Metsc'linikolf, 167, 178, 237 n., 296 



Microbes, 44 



Microciona, 225 , 



Microgamete, 33 ; of certain Coccidiaceae, 

 101 — see also Sperm, Spermatozoon 



Microgromia socialis, 59 f. , 60 



Microhydra, 256 



Microiiiastictora, 183, 195 f. 



Micronuclei, micronucleus, 136, 139, 144 f., 

 148 f., 151 f., 155, 157, 159, 160 f. ; 

 of certain Flagellata, a blepharoplast, 

 109 n. ; relations of Trypanosomic 

 blepharoplast to, 121 ; of Stylonychia 

 mytilus, 139; of Parameciwncaudaturii, 

 148, 151 ; in conjugation, 148 f. ; 

 numerous, of .Sftewfor, 154 ; of Vorticella, 

 157 ; of Suctoria, 160 f. ; of Podophrya, 

 160 ; of Acineta jolyi, 160 



Micropyle, 230 



Microscleres, 176 



Microsolena, 404 



Microsphere, microspheric, 67 f. 



Microzooid of Vorticella., 157 



Microzoospores, 85 



Miescher's tubes, 108 



Migratory pairing nucleus, 149 f. ; of 

 Peritrichaceae, 151 f. 



Miliola (Quinqtieloculina), 65 



Miliolidaceae, 59 



Miliolina, 59, 66, 70 



Millepora, 257 t, 258, 260, 282; nemato- 



cysts of, 247, 259 

 Milleporina, 'J57 

 Mimicry among Gymnostomaceous Ciliata, 



152 n. 

 Minchin, on Sporozoa, 94 f. ; on Sponges, 



168, 172 n., 185, 186 n., 227 n., 232, 



316 n. 

 Minnows prey on Anopheles, 106 

 Minous inermis, 268 

 Minyadidae, 328, 366, 377, 383 

 Miserly cells, 32 f. 

 Mithrodia, 4^4 

 Mithrodiidae. 464 

 Mitosis, 25, 26, 27 f. ; functions of, 28 f. ; 



of micronuclei in Ciliata, 144 

 Mitrophanow, on trichocysts, 142 n. 

 Mitro2}hyes, 306 

 Miyajima, 273 

 Mnemia, 420 

 Mnemiidae, 4^0 

 Mnemiopsis, 420 



Mnestra (position undetermined), 269 

 Mohl, von, on protoplasm, 3 

 Mole-cricket, host of Lopihomonas, 123 

 Molluscs, hosts of Gregarines, 98 

 MoUuscum contagiosum, 102 

 Molpadiida, 568, 569, 575, 576, 577, 578 

 Monacanthid, 457 

 Monadidae, 111 

 Monadineae, applied to Proteomyxa by 



Cienkowsky and Zopf, 89 

 Monads, a name for the lowest, simplest 



Flagellata, 109, 116 n. 

 Monas, 111, 119 ; M. dallingeri, gametes 



of, 116 n. 

 Monaxon, 183, 184, 232 

 Monaxonic (= symmetrical about one single 



axis), 76 

 Monaxonida, 211, 216 f. 

 Moniliform meganucleus of Stentor, 156 

 Monobrachiidae, 274 

 Monohrachitim, 274 

 Monocaulus, 263, 273 ; M. imperator, 269, 



273 

 Monocyclica, 594 

 Monocystis, 97 L 

 Monograpt^is, 282 

 MonopMjes, 303, 306 

 Monophyidae, 306 

 Monoprionidae, 282 

 Monopylaea ( = Nassellaria), 76 

 Monorlmphis, 197 

 Monosiga, 111, 122 

 Monosiphonic, 275 

 Monotrypasta ( = Osculosa), 76 

 Monoxenia ilarwinii, 342 

 Monstrous Foraminiferal shells, possible 



formation of, 69 

 Montipom, 390, 396 



