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SPOEOZOA. 



blue, and possesses a large mass of chromatin, usually excentri- 

 cally placed. Usually seen singly, and not definitely intra- 

 cellular. Planonts come to rest in some suitable nidus, round 

 off, forming meronts, which undergo schizogony. Meronts 

 rounded or ovoid. Cytoplasm stains a cobalt blue and there 

 may be one or two comparatively large masses of chromatin 

 which may be central or excentric. 



O 



B 



Fig. 173. — Nosema adiei (Christophers). A, spores ; B, planonts ; 

 C, meronts. (After Short and Swaminath.) 



Dimensions. — Planont about \'Q fx in diameter; meront 

 3'2 /x by 2-7 ^ ; spore 3 |U by 1-7 ^. 



Habitat. — Gut, sahvary glands, and ovaries of Gimex 

 rotundatus Linne : Assam. 



