H^MOPEOTEUS. 



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the halteridia are somewhat irregular, and when fully grown 

 both poles of the gametocji^e fuse together, surrounding the 

 nucleus of the red cell ; stained definitely blue with Romanow- 

 sky's stain ; nucleus oval, generally central ; pigment granules 

 blackish-brown or coffee-brown, with irregular distribution. 

 Male gametocyte oval when young, halter-like when full- 

 grown, sometimes completely surrounding the nucleus of 

 the red cell, not stained or slightly blue with Romanowsky's 



A B C D 



Fig. 117. — Hsenioproteus (?) halcyonis -var. fuscse de Mello & da Fonseca. 

 A, B, female gametocytes ; C, D, male gametoeytes. 

 (After de Mello & da Fonseca.) 



stain ; nucleus large, central or subcentral, stained rose by 

 Leishman's stain, reddish by May-Grunwald Giemsa stain ; 

 pigment granules variable in size and location, showing 

 a tendency to be callected at the poles. Infected red cell 

 not altered when the parasite is young ; when the latter is 

 full grown the nucleus of the red cell is displaced to the 

 periphery. 



Habitat. — Blood of Halycyon smyrnensis fusca (Bodd.) : 

 Portuguese India, Santo Estevam. 



189. Heemoproteus (?) lanii de Mello. (Fig. 118.) 



Hsemoproteus lanii, de Mello, 1937 a, pp. 102-3, pi. i, fig. 2. 

 Female gametocyte halter-shaped, staining blue with 



A B 



Fig. 118. — Hsemoproteus (?) lanii de Mello. A, female gametocyte; 

 B, male gametocyte. (After de Mello.) 



