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STUDIES ON GREGARINES— WATSON 



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Maximum length of association 



Ratio 



length protom. : total length sporont...! 

 width protom. : width deutomerite....„ 1 



G. galliveri 

 590/x 



G. kingi 

 350/1 



5 



0.8 



Shape protomerite of 

 primite 



Shape protomerite 

 satellite 



of 



Shape deutomerite of 

 primite 



Shape deutomerite of 



satellite 

 Nucleus 

 Endocyte 



Anterior surface of 

 satellite 



Cysts, diameter 



Dehiscence 



Frequency 



Broad and flat, shape 

 slightly irregular 

 three times as wide 

 as high 



Wider than deutome- 

 rite 



Flattened, four times 

 as wide as high 



Constricted below sep- 

 tum, dilated below 

 and widest in poste- 

 rior two-thirds 



Subspherical to broad- 

 ly ovate 



Spherical, small 



Very dense, deep brown 

 in both protomerite 

 and deutomerite 



Provided with a very 

 large, flattened papilla 

 which fits into large 

 depression in primite 



350/1 



Many spore ducts 

 Rare, not more than 

 one cricket in 40 har- 

 boring it 



3 

 1.1 



No other allied species has been described from 



* ' Saddle shaped, broad 

 and swollen in front, 

 much narrower be- 

 hind" 



Narrower than deuto- 

 merite 



"Subspherical to com- 

 pressed ' ', twice as 

 wide as high 

 ''Cylindrical, gener- 

 ally broader in front. 

 Outline often irregu- 

 lar" 



Spherical, small 

 "Not dense" 



Shows a slightly raised 

 ring, primite fitting 

 into a very shallow 

 saucer on anterior 

 end of satellite 



90 to lOO/i. 



Single long spore duct 



"25% of crickets 

 opened contained 

 these parasites in 

 countless numbers" 



crickets. 



