AMCEBA. 



Carefull}'' wipe a thin glass cover, breathe upon it, and, 

 resting one edge of it upon the side of the drop opposite 

 the piece of paper, gentl}' lower the cover on to the paper. 



Fig. 1. Amoeba proteus, magnified two hmidred diameters. 



a. Endosarc. b. Simple Pseudopodia. c. Ectosarc. d. First stage 

 in the growth of a Pseudopodium. e. Pseudopodiima a little older than d. 

 f. Branched Pseudopodium. g. Food vacuole, h. Food balL i. Endo- 

 plast. k. Contractile vesicle. 



thus spreading out the drop into a very thin layer. A 

 needle fastened into a handle should be used to lower the 

 cover into place. 



