COCCIDIA 



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(a) Coccidia found in the Intestine o/ Lithobius. 



L. forficatus, L., is a chestnut-brown centipede, about 2 cm. in 

 length, composed of fifteen segments, each of which is furnished with 

 a pair of long and powerful legs. It is found under the bark of old 

 tree-trunks ; it also occurs in the rotting wood of old stumps, in old 



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FIG. 20. Diagram to illustrate the developmental cycle of Eimeria schubergi (Schaud.), 

 from the intestine of Lithobius. Description in the text. (After Schaudinn, from Braun.) 



compost heaps, &c. ; and it is sometimes found underneath stones. 

 Infection is most likely where centipedes are present in large numbers. 

 Examine for Coccides as follows : Cut off the head and tail seg- 

 ments, when, by the strong contraction of the body muscles, the 

 brownish gut will be protruded from the neck orifice and may be 

 drawn out with fine tweezers. Any portions of the fat-body attaching 



