H^MOPROTEUS. 



225 



Remarks. — Simond (1901 a, b, e) described two distinct 

 species from the same host, one non-pigmented and hsemo- 

 gregarine-like, the other pigmented hsemamoeba-hke. Heemo- 

 gregarina hankini is very rare, but shows the tailed and vermi- 

 cule forms similar to the Hsemogregarines of other tortoises. 

 Hsemoproteus metchinikovi shows sexual differentiation, the 

 faintly staining forms with coarse grains of pigment being 

 regarded as male and the deeply staining with finer grains 

 of pigment as female gametocytes. 



Habitat. — Blood of the tortoise, Ghitra indica (Gray) 

 {=Trionyx indicus) of the Ganges and the Jumna : United 

 Provinces, Agra. 



160. Hsemoproteus orioli de Mello. 



■fHsemoproteus orioli, de Mello, 1935 b, p. 469 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte stained Hght blue with Leishman's 

 stain ; nucleus central or sub central, constituting a more 

 or less compact chromatic dot. Male gametocji^e whitish ; 

 nucleus central or subcentral, composed of an irregular spireme. 

 Pigment Hght brown, granules of different sizes irregularly 

 distributed, sometimes situated near the poles in both sexes. 



Remarks. — De Mello thinks that possibly the parasite may 

 be identical with the unnamed H£em,oproteus of Oriolus 

 Sagittarius recorded by Cleland and Johnston in AustraHa in 

 1912, and of 0. galbula recorded by Cardamatis in Greece 

 in 1919. 



Habitat. — Blood of Oriolus oriolus kundoo Sykes : Portu- 

 guese India, Nova Goa. 



161 . Hsemoproteus raymundi de MeUo & Raimundo. (Fig. 1 13.) 



■\Heeinoproteus raymundi, de Mello & Raimundo, 1934 a, pp. 97-9, 

 pis. xii, xiii, text-fig. 1 ; 1934 b, pp. 1437-40, pi. i ; 1937 a, 

 pp. 98, 100. 



Free trophozoites, uni- or multinucleated, are found in the 

 lung, giving rise to schizonts, rosettes, and merozoites. The 



Fig. 113. 



SPOR. 



ABC 



-Hsemoproteus raymundi de Mello & Raimundo. A, female 

 gametocyte ; B, male gametocyte ; C, schizogony in the 

 lung. (After de Mello and Raimundo.) 



