STOMATOPHOBA. 69 



Key to Indian Species. 



1 {4). Form with elongate cylindro-conical 



body 2, 



2 (3). Sucker an inverted balloon-shaped de- 



pression with a central mucron and [p. 69. 



radial epicytal striations S. bulbifera Bh. & Set., 



3 (2). Sucker cup -shaped, with a central 



mucron surrounded by a crown of [p. 69. 



petals S. coronata (Hesse), 



4 (1). Form plate- or disc-like, marked by 



furrows and divided into a number of 

 irregular lobes. Sucker central, cup- 

 like, with a central mucron S. diadema Hesse, p. 71. 



14. Stomatophora bulbifera Bhatia & Setna. (Fig, 16.) 



"f Stotnatophora bulbifera, Bhatia & Setna, 1926, pp. 368-70, pi. xii, 

 figs. 18-20, ; pi. xiv, figs. 30, 31. 

 Stomatophora bulbifera, Bhatia, 1929, p. 125. 



Trophozoite with an elongate cylindro-conical body, 

 a broad and round anterior end and a narrow and pointed 

 posterior end. Body not marked by any furrows or epicytal 

 striations. The sucker at the anterior end is an inverted 

 balloon-shaped depression with a central mucron and radial 

 epic3rtal striations. Nucleus, oval with a large spherical 

 karyosome. 



Dimensions. — Length of trophozoite 56-1 19/x, width 24-5- 

 52-5ju. ; nucleus 10-5-15-7/x by 7-11-3/i. 



Remarks. — The greatest width of the organism is at 

 one -third the length of the body from the anterior end. 

 The sucker is hke an inverted balloon in form, with the epicyte 

 Hning it and showing striations diverging from a deeply 

 stained central mass, which corresponds to the mucron but 

 is not raised. Over the body the epicyte is thm, and the 

 sarcocyte forms a thick hyaline and transparent layer. The 

 endoplasm is alveolar, and numerous paramylon grains are 

 found adhering to the walls of the alveoh. Nucleus with its 

 long axis parallel to the long axis of the body. 



Habitat. — Seminal vesicles oi Pheretima elongata (E. Perr.) 

 Bombay, Bombay. 



15. Stomatophora coronata (Hesse). (Fig. 17.) 



Monocystis coronatus, Hesse, 1904, p. 268. 



Stomatophora coronata Drzewecki, 1907, pp. 218-46 ; Hesse, 1909, 



pp. 161-87, figs. Ixxiv-lxxix ; pi. ii, figs. 40-73 ; pi. vi, figs. 



136-70 ; pi. vii, figs. 187-93 ; Sokolow, 1911, p. 292 ; Minchin, 



1912, p. 328. 

 ■\ Stomatophora cwonata, Bhatia, 1924, pp. 499-507, pi. xxiii, figs. 20-5. 

 Stomatophora coronata, Cognetti, 1925, p. 233 ; Bhatia, 1929, 



p. 125 ; Reichenow, 1929, p. 887. 



Trophozoite with an oval or elhpsoidal body, rounded at 



