427] STUDIES ON MYXOSPORIDIA— KUDO 189 



6( 5) Openings of polar capsules on side; polar capsules rounded pyriform; spore 

 smaller; length 9.5 to 11. 5^, breadth 6.5 to 7^ 



Zschokkella nova Klokacewa 1914 (122) 



Genus MYXOSOMA Th^lohan 1892 

 1( 2) Spore: shell thickened at anterior end; length 12 to \d>ix, breadth 7 to 8/*, polar 

 capsule 6 to 7/t by 2 to 3/i. Cysts polymorphous 



Myxosoma dujardini Thelohan 1892 (124) 



2( 1) Spore: shell of uniform thickness and with seven to ten folds on suturaledge; 

 length 14^*, breadth 8m, thickness 6^, polar capsule 8/* by 2>i. Cysts spherical 

 up to 360 jLi in largest diameter 



Myxosoma fundtdi Kudo 1918 (125) 



Ambiguous form 



Myxosoma lobatutn Nemeczek 1911 (124) 



1(8: 



2( 3 



3( 2 

 4(5: 



5(4 

 6(7 



7(6: 

 8(1 



9(io: 



10( 9 



1(18 

 2( 9 

 3( 6 



4(5 



5(4: 



6( 3 



7( 8: 



Genus LENTOSPORA Plehn 1905 



Spore circular in front view 2 



Vegetative form produces cysts. Spore: length and breadth 6.3 to Tn, thick- 

 ness 4.2 to4.9/t 



Lentospora dermatobia Ishii 1916 (1^) 



Vegetative form does not produce cysts or cysts unobserved 4 



Spore small; trophozoites found in the blood vessel of the brain. Spore 5 to 5.5/« 

 in diameter. 



Lentospora encephalina Mulsow 1911 (126) 



Spore large, greater than 7 . S^i in average diameter 6 



Spore slightly pointed at anterior end; length 8 to 10/t, breadth 7 to 8iu, thickness 

 5 to6/n 



Lentospora acuta Fujita 1912 (127) 



Anterior end of spore roimded; diameter 6 to lO/i 



Lentospora cerebralis Plehn 1905 (125) 



Spore oval in front view 9 



Spore symmetrically built; length 12/a, breadth 9.5/i, thickness 6>x 



Lentospora multiplicata Reuss 1906 (126) 



Spore asymmetrically built; length 10 to ll/x, breadth 6.5 to 7/z 



Lentospora asymmetrica Parisi 1912 (126) 



Genus MYXOBOLUS Butschli 1882 



Spore with one polar capsule 2 



Breadth of spore equal to or more than half of length ; 3 



Breadth of spore equal to half of length 4 



Spore larger; often calabash-shaped; anterior end drawn out into a rounded tip; 

 shell thickened at tip; length 15^i, breadth 7 to 8/z, thickness 5 to 6/i 



Myxobolus toyamai Kudo 1915 (131) 



Spore smaller; anterior end pointed; shell of uniform thickness; length 9 to 10|«, 

 breadth 4.5 to 5.5|i, thickness Six 



Myxobolus oculi-leucisci Trojan 1909 (130) 



Breadth of spore more than two-thirds of length 7 



Polar capsule small and oblique in position 



Myxobolus unicapsulatus Gurley 1893 (12i^) 



8( 7) Polar capsule long and median in position; spore broader; length 13 . 2 to 13 . 6/t, 

 breadth 10.1 to 10.3^1 



Myxobolus sent Southwell et Prashad 1918 (132) 



Numbers enclosed in parentheses refer to the page of the article on which is found the description of the species 

 named. 



