GEJvrm BumnrrMPMA. 



333 



the oraJ apert-ire un determined, Imt its existence made appHxent "by tiie 

 abundant presence of incepied food-particles. Length 1—200". 



Hat. — ^EJndoparasitic Trithiii liiE Tntp gri-np of fhp American "white ant, 

 Termcs ficcvT^ i^w.. Lady}. 



Like -" -..le is recorded Tjv Professor Leidj as 



■nsnalbr ret. - stationaiT it at the same time frequently 



ei-hlbits ail activey HTiitang or appajemjy nrisring morion, or bends in a wai-ing 

 Ell,!.-?-- 5-riz: -:'■'-: rr't-er;:?^ tr the other. The consistence of the liodT-sajcode 

 ; ..;:ence than in the fonn last-described, the 



t,; 1- -^ _^ ■-^.- „.- ,-- _t. a&er removal from the intestine of its Lost, 



and no cleaj cttstmctuni bettceen thp ectopilasinic ^^rifK endoplasniic I^'bes being 

 recognizable. 



£1 the more recent acconnt and fignres of this sjpecies grren by Professor Leidy, 

 its possessioii of cHia. jrevionsly siippased to exist but not actually deienmned, is in 

 certain cases fully -rerined. In a very considerable ntnnber of instances, however, 

 ■mrliiHrng; botb smaller and foil-sized "•:• ~ - ' " ~ •■ - rid scrutiny failed to 

 detect the jiresence of any such ajjpen;.: .ag more particnlajly 



distinctrce of the larger, flattened, mer:_;r:.:j:jm: 'x h':r;'v.-_Ee zooids Ulnstrated 

 by PI XX^'IIL Firs. iS-so. "Wnile. excepting for the absence of cilia, these 

 !- ■ V , r considerably resemble the accredited immature phases of 



i-t Figs, p smd tt oT the same plate, the membraniform 

 t border. • . 18. is far mare appropiiatelj 



.aememi: -eferred to the genus Trypano- 



ii'ttia. ae^c^l:lt;u ai pp. 21^ et itq. oa Uifc pi-. Itune and delineated at 



Firs :-:' :■"' V\ I. Ar-tr^rir tr it? discover^ ma vcrtcns is a constant 



occurring m e^^en greater abundance than 



-.' _ ; ■rm, the bodies of the present species axe 



r more or less gforged intti fragments, apparendy of -vrood fibres and celinlar 



„i, derjped from the food of their host, though the channel Irr Trhich it 



obtzimed access to this posilian remains to be defined 



Gl^ors UL DINEJiryMPHA, Leidy. 



Animalciils freely tpotne., more or less elongate ; exceedingly flexible 

 1 ■ ' : '■ -, finely and uniformly caliate thronghout ; oral aperture apparently 

 i . DOt its position imdetermined. Lndoparasilic -srilhin the intestiQe 



of Trlnte ants. 



I>:zl£- j:z..pi.a graciliB, Leidy. Pl. xxvim. Fibs. 21-24. 



Body ia^aily elastic, elongate-foHfarm, flattened <am3 banid-Eke, fre- 

 quently twisted; i rnrrtnnTtay sncEace lapgttarnnany striate, finely ciEate 

 throughout, a tuft or crest of apparently longer ciHa frequently developed 

 at the antericxr estrennty .; the termination of the body, -when contracted, 

 or the edges of the flexure -sdien the body 5s bent, esMbitiDg a serrated 

 aspect ; parendbyma transliiceirt, endoang numerous globular structures, 

 inri ndi-ng apparently a subcentral endopiast and one cxr more vacuolar 

 excavations ; position of oral apertmre not deteiimined, but its existence 

 predicated through the abnndairt presence of snclcsed parfidles ctf soBd f ooxi 



Length 1-500" to 1-350", 



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