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IVIany species from Nova-Goa, Daman, Fragana, Baroda, and Pusa, 

 feeding on wood, are also without Trichonymphids. 



The genera that up to this date have been found to harbour these 

 parasites are : Leucotermes in France, Philadelphia, Italy, Portugal and 

 Portuguese India ; Calotermes in Italy and Ceylon ; Hodotermcs at Coim- 

 batore in India (I have already referred to the slides of Mr. Bainbrigge 

 Tletcher) ; Coptotermes in Brazil, Ceylon and Portuguese India ; 

 Glyptotermes, Arrhinotermes and Termitogeton in Ceylon ; Neotermes 

 in our island of S. Thome in Africa according to the studies of my 

 colleague Carlos Franca, published in the last year, and, I believe, 

 Eitteimes with their Trichonymphids belonging to the genus Lekhnella 

 in the Argentine. 



I know that the termites from Chili show also Trichonymphids 

 but I am sorr}" I was not able to consult and compare the papers on 

 this subject. If you find this work worthy of any interest, I pray you 

 Tvill be pleased to overlook its deficiencies. 



What are Trichonymphids ? The common meaning of this word 

 does not correspond to the zoological classification. It is generally 

 used sensti lato. Some authors consider the Trichonymphids as belong- 

 -ing to the Mastigophora and others to the Infusoria. I prefer to call 

 them the multicHiate protozoal parasites of the intestine of white ants. 

 You will see that the meaning is merely etymological [trix, hair ; 

 nymflia. nymph). At the end of this paper I will try to establish a 

 ■ classification of true Trichonymphids which, I may already remark, 

 belong to the class of Mastigophora and can be easily separated from 

 the Infusoria which also are found as parasites of the white ants. 



Since 1860, everyone knows that a curious Trichonymphid, called 

 Lophomonas blattarum, has been described in the intestine of Stylopyga 

 orientalis, but I have not yet specially studied the parasites of Indian 

 Cockroaches and for the present I wUl consider LopJwmonas blattarum 

 as an additional species of the group of Trichonymphids. 



And as I have spoken of the Mastigophora and Infusoria, it will not 

 ^be out of place to draw your attention to the fact that transitional 

 forms are to be found between these classes, represented in the Infusoria 

 by the genus Mommastix of Roux and in the Mastigophora by the 

 genus Caduceia of Carlos Franya. 



My researches refer specially to the parasites of Leucotermes indicola, 

 Wasm., the identification of this termite being due to the kindness oj 

 Mr. Bainbrigge Fletcher. The intestine of Leucotermes indicola is full 

 -of an abundant protozoal fauna to which I can apply the following 



