. 



i tt r . rane. 



; < r : . ...it 01 t r ie conical process, in 



* herlcal maKronuclejs Is 1n t^f middle 



. 



oation ta<r > in th*> encysted condition, 

 species. 



l.iricVi ius tu^motj It. 



mi 15i;o. 80-33. Eutschli 23ipp. 1706-1707 Pl.LXI v fl .7. 



Pl.\ fl .125. 

 at oat 0, 04A*.lo 

 o aescriLed O enus. 

 .."oesh *aters o: iot., i 1 inds. 



.^amllj/. x D araraaeclna Juj. 



j fau,ilj ^araiiiaecinajto *hlcn at the present time onl> one ^enus 

 i erred ?arauiaeciu.u,is characterized ly th^ \c<* of a rather lar^e 



deep peristome.le^ inning at the anterior end of t^ie lody and occuny- 

 : at pait or the anterior third of the ventral surf ace. In the M- 



3 pe ristoaie,at its posterior end, is placed the ollon^-oval mouth 

 in,,l ail ^ into a rather ion^,.soi nl 1> coiled and ^ra-ijall^ narrow} 

 sopha usi .ithln the oe: us i.e. alon_^ Its walls,arf ohed t*o 



s of closely placeJ cilia,havin^ often the appearance of undul^tin^ 



tnes. wot less c.^aiactoristic also io t;ie ciliarj* coverin^ of ? i - 

 ium. Cilia cover ?venl.y all the tod^ an.i , laced on s^all papillae* 

 e arrangement 01 the papillae depends on the peculiar hatchin of the 

 face oi tne k.oaj,,,.i^e LJ criss-cross lines. The anus Is placed on I i n- 



i side in tne posterior part of tne Lody or at th ; or end. 



one or t*o contractilo vacuoles are surrounded ly s ^rnl 

 canals or secondary vacuoles. The r^ is one nucleus. Food consists 

 of lacteila. 



family Paramaecina ..as estallisned L> ^ujardin in 1341, and con- 





