BHATIELLA. — ^FERRAKIA. 85 



■over the epimerite, but they describe striations which are 

 certainly epicytal. The so-called epimerite is merely a deform- 

 able prolongation of the anterior end, and when the anchor-like 

 portion breaks ojff there is a large wound through which the 

 entocyte would seem to flow out. The trophozoites are 

 parasitized by Metchnikovella sp. 



Habitat. — Intestine of Lumbriconereis sp. : Madras, Madras. 



Genus BHATIELLA Setna, 1931. 

 Bhatiella, Setna, 1931, p. 203. 

 Epimerite in the form of a bulb-like structure at the end 

 of a long rigid style. 



24. Bhatiella morphyssB Setna. (Fig. 26.) 



■\Bhatiella morphysse, Setna, 1931, pp. 203-4, pi. v, figs. 1, 2. 



Solitary, non-septate Gregarine, with a pear-shaped body, 

 widest just behmd the middle. Epimerite in the form of 



Fig. 26. — Bhatiella morphysss Setna. (After Setna.) 



a, distinct bulb-like structure at the extreme tip of a long rigid 

 style. Dehiscence by simple rupture, no sporoducts. 



Dimensions. — Trophozoite, maximum 200 ^ by 103 /x, 

 minimum 100 /x by 40 /i. 



Remarks. — The epimerite is about one-fourth the total length 

 of the body, and its style is broad at the base and slender at 

 the apex. The protoplasm does not show finer granules in 

 the anterior portion of the body. The nucleus is elhpsoidal, 

 situated in the posterior half of the body, and contains a 

 relatively large karyosome. 



Habitat.— Midi-gut of Morphysa sanguinea Montague i=M. 

 Jurcellata Crossland) : Andamans, Port Blau-. 



Genus FERRARIA Setna, 1931. 

 Ferraria, Setna, 1931, p. 205. 

 Epimerite a wide-mouthed, fimnel-like structure on a long 

 tubular stalk. 



