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173. Hsemoproteus sp. 



'\Hsemoproteus sp., Pliinnier, 1913, p. 148. 

 Hsemoproteus sp., Wenyon, 1926, p. 1371 ; Coatney, 1936, p. 93. 



Habitat. — Blood of the wandering tree-pie, Dendrocitta 

 rufa vagabunda Latham, from India, in the Zoological Gardens, 

 London. 



174. Hsemoproteus sp. 



■\Hsemoproteus sp., Scott, 1926, p. 237 ; Wenyon, 1926, p. 1375. 

 Hsemoproteus sp., Coatney, 1936, p. 95 ; de Mello, 1937 a, p. 99. 



Habitat. — Blood of Pallas's fishing eagle, Haliaetus leucory- 

 pjius Pallas, from India, in the Zoological Gardens, London. 



175. Hsemoproteus sp. 



■\Hsemoproteus sp., Donovan (first recorded in Wenyon, 1926, 

 p. 1388). 



Habitat. — Blood of Hemidactylus sp. : India (locaHty not 

 cited). 



176. Hsemoproteus (?) sp. 



■f Hsemoproteus (?) sp., Scott, 1926, p. 237 ; Wenyon, 1926, p. 1377^ 



Habitat. — Blood of the Ceylon loriquet, Coryllis beryllinus 

 (Forster), from Ceylon, in the Zoological Gardens, London. 



177. Hsemoproteus sp. 



■^Hsemoproteus sp., Plimmer, 1913, p. 148 ; Knowles, 1928, p. 372. 



Habitat. — Blood of the red-breasted parrakeet, Psittacula 

 alexandri fasciatus (Miiller), from India, in the Zoological 

 Gardens, London ; also from parrots in the Ahpore Zoological 

 Gardens : Bengal, Calcutta. 



178. Hsemoproteus sp. 



^Hsemoproteus sp., de Mello, 1935, p. 470 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte stained Hght prussian-blue with 

 Leishman's stain ; nucleus pale rose. Male gametocyte 

 stained Ught bluish-grey or colourless ; nucleus a little larger 

 than in the female ; pigment coffee-coloured, in granules, 

 seldom in rods, scattered singly or in clusters. Shows the peculi- 

 arity of almost completely hsemolysing the infected cell. 



Remarks. — Hsemoproteids have been previously recorded 

 from several species of Strix from dijfferent parts of the world, 

 and in view of the possibihty that it might be specifically 



