234 SPOROZOA. 



185. Hsemoproteus (?) elani de Mello. 



^Hsemoproteus elani, de Mello, 1935 b, p. 472 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte stained uniformly blue with Leishman's 

 stain ; nucleus compact, small, ovoid, rarely triangular, sub- 

 central, stained reddish. Male gametocyte not stained ; 

 nucleus large, granular, without a definite outline. Pigment 

 of sepia colour, disposed in both male and female gametocytes 

 in a characteristic manner, being in the form of large mulberry- 

 like masses at the poles. Infected red cell hypertrophied, 

 with its nucleus displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Elanus casruleus vociferus Latham : 

 Portuguese India, Daman. 



186. Hsemoproteus (?) gallinulse de Mello. 



■\H3em0pr0teus gallinulse, de Mello, 1935 h, p. 469 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte with vacuolated cytoplasm, stained 

 deep blue with Leishman's stain ; nucleus stained pale rose ; 

 pigment brownish-black, in granules of different sizes scattered 

 all over the body, rarely collected at the poles, sometimes 

 grouped in clusters. Male gametocyte stained Kght blue, 

 rather colourless, roundish or oval, almost never halter-like ; 

 pigment in irregular clusters collected at the poles. Infected 

 red cells hypertrophied, with the nucleus displaced. No 

 schizogonic forms observed in lung-smears. 



Habitat. — Blood of Gallinula chloropus (Linn.) : Portu- 

 guese India, lake of CaromboHm. 



187. Hsemoproteus (?) halcyonis de Mello. 



1f Hsemoproteus halcyonis, de Mello, 1935 b, p. 474 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte halter-like, oval, or cordiform, vacuolated 

 or not, stained deep blue with Leishman's stain ; nucleus oval, 

 central or subcentral ; pigment at the poles, sometimes in 

 the centre or near the periphery. Male gametocyte not 

 stained ; nucleus indistinct, oval or comma-shaped, central 

 or subcentral ; pigment scattered over the body, often denser 

 at the periphery. Infected red cell shghtly hypertrophied, 

 sometimes not at all, with its nucleus displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.) : Portu- 

 guese India, Canacona. 



188. Hsemoproteus (?) halcyonis var. fuscse de Mello & da 



Fonseca. (Fig. 117.) 



'^Hsemoproteus halcyonis juscse, de Mello & da Fonseca, 1937, 

 pp. 215-16, text-figs. 



Female gametocyte oval, fusiform or like a slender halter 

 when young, definitely halter-like when full grown ; often 



