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SPIROCILETES. 



stained by this method could hardly confuse them with 

 such objects or mistake the latter for them. 



It is not often that a doubt arises as to the reality of 



FIG. 56. 



FIG. 54. FIG. 55. 



FIG. 54. Pseudospirochaetes; edges of cells. (Baling.) 

 tes in a smear fro 

 (From a specimen by Professor E. A. 



ng. 



FIG. 55. Pseudospirochastes in a smear from the alimentary 

 canal of Glossina palpalis. 



Minchin.) 



FIG. 56. Free flagellum of Trypanosoma lewisi. 



spirochaetes when other stains are used, but Professor 

 E. A. Minchin has in his possession a film made from a 

 "smear" of the contents of the alimentary canal of 



FIG. 57. Pseudospirochaetes or spirochaetes in a pig foetus. 

 (Saling.) 



Glossina palpalis (the tse-tse fly) in which are spiral 

 objects which appear to be artifacts, but which have 



