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in the fresh film are spherical pale bodies 

 Gontaining brownish-yellow pigment. On stain- 

 ing, two types can be distinguished. The male 

 (mikrogametocyte), pale homogeneous blue with 

 much chromatin ; the female, deep blue, granular, 

 with little chromatin. 



No temperature changes occur in the in- 

 fected animals. The infection is not transmissible 

 by inoculation {cp. halteridium). 



Post-mortem. — The spleen is pigmented, the 

 capsule thickened. Pigment also occurs in the 

 marrow.* 



Haemamoebae in Bats 

 DioNisi has described in bats parasites 

 which have a general resemblance to malarial 

 parasites, but almost certainly have no real 

 relation thereto. He distinguishes the following 

 forms : — 



I 2 3 



Fig. 68. (i) H. murinus (above) medium size ; {below) jree form 

 (2) H. melanipherus (above) medium size; (below) large Ovoid 

 form. (3) H. vesperuginis (above) irregular form ; 

 (beloiv) Ring form. (After Dionisi) 



4. H. melanipherus (polychromophilus mel- 

 anipherus). — This occurs in the blood of Mini- 

 opterus schreibersit, and is so called on account of 



»KoESEL. Zeiuchrift fur Hygiene. Bd. XXXU. 



