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INDEX 



99 f., 101 ; of Haemosporidae, 102 ; 



of Acystosporidae, 103, 104 f. 

 Mertensia, ^27 ; M. ovum, 417 ; stage of 



Lobata and Cestoidea, 414 

 Mertensiidae, Jj.^7 

 Mesenchyme, 604 

 Mesenteric filaments, Alcyonaria, 331, 333 ; 



Zoantharia, 369 

 Mesenteries, of Alcyonaria, 329, 334 ; of 



Zoantliaria, 329, 366 f., 368 ; of Asterias 



rubens, 439 ; of Holothuria nigra, 562 ; 



of Antedon rosacea, 585, 586 

 Mesnil, on Sporozoa, 94 ; CauUery and, on 



Actinomyxidiaceae, 98 n. 

 Mesodinium, 137, 152 

 Mesogloea, 246 ; of Alcyonaria, 330 

 Metabolic, metabolism, 13 

 Metacnemes, 367 

 Metacrinus, 588, 591 

 Metallogorgia, 355 

 Metamorphosis, of Insects, 44 ; of Di- 



pleiirnla, 610 f. 

 Metamp, 168, 169 



Metaphytes, 41 — see also Plants, Higher 

 Metazoa, 40 f. ; rheotaxy of, 21 ; origin of, 



from Protozoa, 40 f. ; flagellate sperms 



of, 109 ; hosts of Polymastigidae, 111 — 



see also Animals, Higher 

 Method of study of the life -cycle, of 



organisms of putrefaction, etc., 44 ; of 



Flagellata, 116 ; of Ciliata, 147 

 Metopus, 137 ; M. pyriformis, 154 ; M. 



sigmoides, 154 

 Metridium-, 381 {=Actinoloha, q.v.) 

 Metschnikoif, 167, 178, 237 n., 296 

 Microbes, 44 

 Microciona, 225 , 

 Miorogamete, 33 ; of certain Coccidiaceae, 



101 — see also Sperm, Spermatozoon 

 Microgromia socialis, 59 f. , 60 

 Microhydra, 256 

 Micromastictora, 183, 195 f. 

 Micronuclei, micronucleus, 136, 139, 144 f., 



148 f., 151 f., 156, 157, 159, 160 f . ; 



of certain Flagellata, a blepharoplast, 



109 n. ; relations of Trypanosomic 



blepharoplast to, 121 ; of Stylonychia 



mytilus, 139 ; of Paramecium caudatum, 



148, 151 ; in conjugation, 148 f. ; 



numerous, otStentor, 154 ; of Vorticella, 



157 ; of Suctoria, 160 f. ; of Podophrya, 



160 ; of Acineta jolyi, 160 

 Micropyle, 230 

 Microscleres, 176 

 Microsolena, ^04 

 Microsphere, microspheric, 67 f. 

 Microzooid of Vorticella, 157 

 Microzoospores, 85 

 Miescher's tubes, 108 

 Migratory pairing nucleus, 149 f. ; of 



Peritrichaceae, 151 f. 

 Miliola (Quinqueloculina), 65 



Miliolidaceae, 59 



Milioliiia, 59, 66, 70 



MUlepora, 257 {., 258, 260, 282; nemato- 



cysts of, 247, 259 

 Milleporina, S57 

 Mimicry among Gymnostomaceous Ciliata, 



152 n. 

 Minchin, on Sporozoa, 94 f. ; on Sponges, 



168, 172 n., 185, 186 n., 227 n., 232, 



316 n. 

 Minnows prey on Anopheles, 106 

 Minous inermis, 268 

 Minyadidae, 328, 366, 377, 383 

 Miserly cells, 32 f. 

 Mithrodia, 464 

 Mithrodiidae, 4S4 

 Mitosis, 25, 26, 27 f. ; functions of, 28 f. ; 



of micronuclei in Ciliata, 144 

 Mitrophanow, on trichocysts, 142 n. 

 Mitrophyes, 306 

 Miyajima, 273 

 Mnemia, JfiO 

 Mnemiidae, 4^0 

 Mnemiopsis, 4^0 



Mnestra (position undetermined), 269 

 Mohl, von, on protoplasm, 3 

 Mole-cricket, host of Lophomonas, 123 

 Molluscs, hosts of Gregarines, 98 

 Molluscuni contagiosum, 102 

 Molpadiida, 568, 569, 575, 576, 577, 578 

 Monaoanthid, 457 

 Monadidae, 111 

 Monadineae, applied to Proteomyxa by 



Cieflkowsky and Zopf, 89 

 Monads, a name for the lowest, simplest 



Flagellata, 109, 116 n. 

 Monas, 111, 119 ; M. dallingeri, gametes 



of, 116 n. 

 Monaxon, 183, 184, 232 

 Monaxonic ( = symmetrical about one single 



axis), 76 

 Monaxonida, Sll, 216 f. 

 Moniliform meganucleus of Stentor, 166 

 Monobrachiidae, ^4 

 Monobrachium, 274 

 Monocaulm, 263, S73 ; M. imperator, 269, 



273 

 Monocyclica, 594 

 Monocystis, 97 i. 

 Monograptus, 282 

 Monophyes, 303, 306 

 Monophyidae, 306 

 Monoprionidae, 282 

 Monopylaea (=Nassellaria), 76 

 Monorlmphis, 197 

 Monosiga, 111, 122 

 Monosiphonic, 275 

 Monotrypasta ( = Osculosa), 76 

 Monoxenia darwinii, 342 

 Monstrous Foraminiferal shells, possible 



formation of, 69 

 Montipora, 390, 396 



