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a longer, narrower part, the latter forming the point of the epimerite. 
Epimerite present in most of the specimens under 500 u, although in- 
dividuals 214 and 400 u were found without epimerite. The largest 
specimen bearing an epimerite taken was 1800 «u in length. 
Protomerite almost hemi-spherical in individuals without the epi- 
merite, becoming somewhat globose in the largest gregarines; in those 
with an epimerite, the protomerite slopes toward the epimerite, forming 
a truncated cone. 
Fig. 1. 
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Figure 1 gives drawings of the entire gregarines. Specimen”A “was a smallgregarine, 
body length of 572 u, bearing an epimerite. Specimens ”B“, body length 1200 u, 
”C“, 1340 u, and ”D“, 1500 u, were average large individuals. Most of the individuals 
over 1200 u body length and all above 1500 u were of the shape of specimen ”D‘, 
hence it is considered the type. In general the smaller specimens graded from a 
shape like specimen ”B“ to that of specimen ”D“, the larger they became. 
Deutomerite much produced, tapering gradually from the proto- 
merite: the posterior end bluntly conical for a distance equal to the 
length of the protomerite: in small and medium specimens, the greatest 
width of the deutomerite is just behind the septum, being about the 
same as that of the protomerite; in large specimens the constriction at 
the septum is more pronounced and the greatest width of the deu- 
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