lOf 



SPOROZOA. 



Genus CAULOCEPHALUS Bhatia & Setna, 1924. 



CaulocepJialus, Bhatia & Setna, 1924, pp. 284-7 ; Ray & Chatter- 

 jee, 1936, p. 345. 



Bi-associative ; satelKte with a septum. Epimerite dilated 

 anteriorly like a cauliflower and narrowing at the base. Pro- 

 tomerite with a characteristic specialized zone anteriorly. 

 Oametocysts dehisce by simple rupture. Sporocysts ovoidal or 

 spherical. 



37. Caulocephalus crenata Bhatia & Setna. (Fig. 38.) 



■fCaulocephalus crenata, Bhatia & Setna, 1924, pp. 284-7, figs. 12-23 ; 

 Ray & Chatterjee, 1936, p. 345. 



Body elongate, cylindrical, densely granular and opaque. 

 Epimerite usually dilated anteriorly like a cauliflower and 



B 



Fig. 38. — Caulocephalus crenata Bh. & Set. A, adult trophozoites ; 

 B, enlarged view of the epimerite. (After Bhatia and 

 Setna.) 



narrow basally ; its surface crenate. Protomerite elongate 

 and conical and usually 1| times as long as wide, usually 

 widest about the middle, with a characteristic specialized 

 zone at its anterior end. There is a distinct constriction at 

 the septum. Deutomerite cyhndrical, 1| to 3 times as long as 



