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body in ovoid or deformed gametocytes. Infected red cell 

 hypertophied, with its nucleus displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Pastor roseus (Linn.) : Pokttjguese 

 India, Pragana. 



192. HsBmoproteus (?) platalesB de Mello. 



■\Hsemoproteus platalese, de Mello, 1935 6, p. 471. 

 Hsemoproteus sp., Coatney, 1936, p. 99. 

 Hsemoproteus platalese, de Mello, 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte with alveolar cytoplasm, stained deep 

 blue with a greenish tone with Leishman's stain ; nucleus 

 central ; pigment coffee-oHve tone, scattered over the body, 

 showing a tendency to undergo solution and to diffuse through 

 the cytoplasm. Male gametocyte not stained, or very sHghtly 

 greyish-blue, the margins at the poles being often the only 

 stained part ; pigment in minute granules, often in clusters, 

 generally at the poles. Infected red cell hypertrophied, 

 with its nucleus displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Platalea leucorodia major Temm. & 

 Schleg. : Poktttgijese India, Diu. 



193. Hsemoproteus (?) tephrodornis de Mello. 



■fHsemoproteus tephrodornis, de Mello, 1935 b, p. 473 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte halter-shaped or ovoid, stained blue 

 with Leishman's stain, but not uniformly ; nucleus oval, 

 central or subcentral. Male gametocyte oval, stained Hght 

 greyish ; nucleus small, indistinct. Pigment black or sepia 

 coloured, in granules or rods disposed in lines or clusters 

 along the concave border. Infected red cell hypertrophied, 

 with its nucleus displaced. 



Habitat. — Blood of Tephrodornis pondicerianus pondicerianus 

 (GmeHn) : Portttguese India, Pragana. 



194. Hsemoproteus (?) thereicerycis de MeUo. 



■f Hsemoproteus thereicerycis, de Mello, 1935 b, p. 470 ; 1937 a, p. 100. 



Female gametocyte halter-shaped, ovoid or spherical, 

 cytoplasm finely vacuolated, stained blue with Leishman's 

 stain ; nucleus hardly distinguishable with Leishman, well 

 stained with May-Grunwald Giemsa stain, spherical, central or 

 subcentral, lodged in a definite vacuole ; pigment granules of 

 different sizes scattered over the body. Male gametocyte 

 always spherical, colourless with Leishman's stain, rose with 

 May-Grunwald Giemsa stain ; nucleus very small, comma- 

 shaped ; pigment granules at the poles a little larger than those 

 scattered over the body. Infected red cell hypertrophied, with 



