FlG. 34A. Amoeba proteus. After Lucy A. Carter. 



EC., Clear ectoplasm, sometimes showing fine radial striation. 



EN., More granular endoplasm. The granules are partly nutritive substances in 



reserve, partly waste products and undigested debris. 

 FV., Food vacuoles, droplets of water surrounding food particles. A solid particle 



is shown in process of digestive disintegration. 

 C.V., A contractile vacuole with excretory function. 

 D., A diatom that has been engulfed as food. 

 PS., A pseudopodium. 

 N., The nucleus showing chromatin bodies (represented as dark granules). 



