Index 



Organelles, locomotor, in Balantidium, 

 290; in Biplodinium, 290; in Eu- 

 jjlotes, 290 ; in Leidyopsis, 103 ; in 

 Trichonympha, 50; doubling of, 

 in promitosis, 374. 



Osmosis, in Streilomastix, 13. 



Oxyrrhis marina, 464. 



Parabasal body, in Chilomastix, 126; 

 in Giardia, 200, 209, 210; in 

 Trichomitus, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37. 



Paradesmose, in Chilomastix, 118, 124, 

 133, 137; in Copromonas, 458; in 

 Euglena agilis, 458, 459; in 

 Giardia, 215, 224, 459; in Leidy- 

 opsis, 107, 108, 111; in Men- 

 oidium, 458, 459; in Trichomitus, 

 29, 32, 33, 37, 71; in Triclwmonas, 

 71, 459; in Trichonympha, 47, 

 62, 71, 81; in contradistinction 

 to intradesmose, 177, 304, 319. 



Paramaecium, 235-242, 249, 281; 

 neuromotor apparatus of, 333- 

 364. 



Parasites of the termites, studies on, 

 1-116; of human intestine, see 

 Amoeba; Flagellates; specificity 

 of, or transference, 421-425, 519, 

 526; morphological constancy of, 

 in cross-infection, 424, 425, 519; 

 varied occurrence, 431; possible 

 source of infection of, in man, 

 526. 



Parastyle, 127. 



Pellicle, in Balantidium, 263, 265; in 

 Paramaecium, 349. 



Pentatoma, 72. 



Pentatriehomouas, found only in 

 man, 432. 

 ardin delteili, 373-390. 

 bengalensis, 377. 



Peristome, 275, 277. 



Peromyscus mauiculatus, 222. 



Personympha flagellata, 216. 



Pigs, hosts for Balantidium, 246, 293. 



Plasmolysis, 265. 



Plastids, in endoplasm of Menoidium, 

 450. 



Polymastigina, 15, 16, 81, 373. 



Polymastigote flagellates, evolution 

 of, 373. 



Protozoa, 1, 42. See also. Amoeba; 

 Flagellates. 



Pseudopodia, in Councilmania de- 

 cumani, 439, 496, 497-501, 525; 

 in C. lafleuri, 172, 173, 432. 435, 

 497; in C. muris, 496, 497-501, 

 525; in Endamoeba coli, 497; in 

 E. dysenteriae, 410; in E. histo- 

 lytica, 497; in E. ratti, 515; in 

 Trichonympha, 391^00; as means 

 of nutrition, 391-400; as deter- 

 mining factor in establishing 

 species, 522-524, 525. 



Pseudopodial Method of Feeding by 

 Trichonymphid Flagellates Para- 

 sitic in Wood-eating Termites, 



391-400. 



Pseudosynapsis (pseudotelosynapsis) 

 in Leidyopsis, 111; in Trichonym- 

 pha, interpretation of, 72-77, 81. 



Pseudotrichonympha, 78. 



Purgatives, in elqjeriments with rats: 

 castor oil, 403; epsom salt, 403, 

 406, 408. 



Pyrsoncma, 78. 



Pyrsonympha, 9, 78, 373. 

 vertens, 2, 14. 



Babbits, in experiments with Leish- 

 mania, 477-488. 



Rats, infection experiments with, 

 401-430, 489-544; carriers of 

 amoebiasis, 423. 



Rattus norvegicus, 411, 491, 492. 



Rees, C. W., 235-242, 333-364. 



Bhabdomonas incurva, 448. 



Ehizoplast, in Chilomastix, 118, 131, 

 132, 137; in Giardia, 206; in 

 Menoidium, 451, 452; in Penta- 

 trichomonas, 379, 387; in Streblo- 

 mastix, 7, 16; in Trichomitus, 31, 

 32, 37; in Trichonympha, 52. 



Rhodes, R. C, acknowledgment, 448. 



Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship, 

 acknowledgment, 315. 



Sehizonts, arrangement of, in Tricho- 

 monas, 11. 



Sexual behavior, absence of, in Streh- 

 lotna-stix, 10, in Trichomitus, 35, 

 and in Trichonympha, 72. 



Skin Reaction to Extracts of Iieish- 

 mania tropica and Leishmania 

 infantum, 477-488. 



Smith, Inez, acknowledgment, 411, 

 432. 



Specificity of parasites, 421. 



Sphaerita, as parasite in amoeba, 

 496. 



Spiral groove, in Chilomastix, 118, 

 121, 135, 137. 



Spireme in Chilomastix, 134. 



Spirostomum, 334, 349. 



Spirotrichonynipha, 9, 14. 



Staining, intra vitam, in Paramaecium, 

 347. See also Congo red, re- 

 actions of cysts to; Technique. 



Stentor coeruleus, 269, 334. 



Streblomastigidae, 15, 16. 



Streblomastix, morphology, 4-10; re- 

 lationships, 14—15; generic diag- 

 nosis, 15. 

 strix, 1-20; occurrence with Trich- 

 onympha, 43. 



Striations, longitudinal, on Menoidium 

 incurvum, 450. 



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