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cystoplasm homogeneous, stained blue with Leishman's stain, 

 more deeply at the poles ; nucleus oval, central or subcentral, 

 stained pale rose ; pigment granules isolated or in clusters, 

 irregularly scattered. Male gametocyte halter-shaped, comma- 

 shaped, or oval ; nucleus without definite outline, often 

 scarcely visible ; pigment granules fewer than in the female 

 gametocyte, generally at the poles, but sometimes over the 

 whole body. Infected red cell unaltered or sHghtly hyper- 

 trophied, with its nucleus displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Athene hrama Temm. : India (locahty 

 not cited) ; Portuguese India, Nagoa (Salcete). 



183. Hsemoproteus (?) centropi de Mello. 



-\Hsemoproteus centropi, de Mello, 1935 b, p. 471 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte with alveolar cytoplasm, stained light 

 blue with Leishman's stain ; nucleus central, pale rose ; 

 pigment yellow-brown, in large or minute dust-like granules, 

 situated either at the poles or irregularly scattered over the 

 body. Male gametocyte colourless, or with a sHghtly pale 

 blue tinge in the periphery or at the poles ; nucleus central, 

 much larger than in the female gametocyte, and containing 

 minute distinct chromatic dots or an irregular spirematic 

 thread ; pigment very irregularly distributed, but showing 

 a tendency for a polar location. Infected red cell hypertrophied, 

 with its nucleus displaced. 



Remarks. — Donovan recorded an unnamed Hsemoproteid 

 from Centropiis sinensis from India, and unnamed Hsemopro- 

 teids have also been recorded from two other species of the 

 same genus from other parts of the world. 



Habitat. — Blood of Centropus sinensis parroti Stresemann : 

 Portuguese India, Diu. 



184. Hsemoproteus (?) dicruri de Mello. 



■fHsemoproteus dicruri, de Mello, 1935 6, p. 473 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte stained bluish with Leishman's stain, 

 but not uniformly, the poles and the convex border remaining 

 unstained ; nucleus small, subcentral, stained pale rose ; 

 pigment yeUow-brown, in granules or rods, collected at the 

 poles. Male gametocyte ovoid, not stained ; nucleus rod-like, 

 subcentral, sometimes indistinct, stained pale rose ; pigment 

 in large granules, scattered or collected in clusters at the 

 poles. Infected red cell hypertrophied, with its nucleus 

 displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus Vieil- 

 lot : Portuguese India, Pragana. 



