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of a sausage-shaped body with a caudal appendage which is 

 always apphed to the body along its concave border. The 

 convex border is bounded by a thin band of protoplasm which 



C 



D 



B 



Fig. 51. — Hsemogregarina magna (Grassi & Feletti). A, young intra- 

 corpuscular form ; B, adult oval form ; G, adult form folded 

 upon itself; D, uninfected corpuscle. Uninfected corpuscles 

 are also sliown with A, B, and G for the sake of comparison. 

 (After Berestneff. 



Fig. 52. — Hsemogregarina malabarica de Mello. A, free vermicular 

 form ; B, intra-corpuscular vermicular form ; G, intra- 

 eorpuscular bean-shaped form ; D, cyst, containing eight 

 merozoites ; E, F, larger merozoites found in the liver cell. 

 A, B, G as seen in the blood ; D, as seen in smears from the 

 liver; E,F, as seen in sections of the liver. (After de Mello.) 



stains a clear blue or sometimes violet with Romanowsky's 

 stain, and is thicker at the pole at which the nucleus is situated, 

 becoming narrower to form the tail ; the tail does not extend 



