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III. — NOTES ON FRESH-WATER CILIATE 
PROTOZOA OF INDIA.— II. 
By B. L. Bhatia, M.Sc., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., Assistant Professor 
of Zoology, Government College, Lahore. 
Introduction. 
In my previous paper published in this journal (3*) I referred in 
brief to the work of other authors who had studied the Indian 
fresh-water Protozoa, and remarked on the extremely meagre 
attention which had been bestowed on this large, varied, and 
interesting group in this country (7, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, IT). 
After recording my own observations on a number of Ciliates, I 
appended a complete table of species which had been recorded 
from India so far. Since communicating those observations, I 
have had the opportunity of continuing the work on the group, 
and have come across, at Lahore, a number of other forms which 
it is the object of this paper to record. My best thanks are due 
to Mr. Clifford Dobell, F.R.S., for his great kindness in reading 
the proofs of this and the previous paper, and making some 
valuable suggestions. 
Record of Observations. 
HOLOTRICHA. 
Family Holophryina Perty. 
Genus Prorodon Ehrbg. 
Prorodon edentatus Claparede & Lachmann. 
Specimens referable to this species were found in water from 
the tanks in the Shalamar Gardens, near Lahore, in June 1920. 
The water collected was from the tanks on the lowest flat in the 
Gardens, and the animals were found in the tube at the junction 
of water and bottom mud. An average specimen measured 
74//, by 24//,. The body was flexible, longitudinally striate, and 
with its anterior part more transparent. The cilia were uniform 
all over the body, and the anterior end showed a small beak -like 
* The italic figures within brackets refer to the list of references at the 
end of the paper. 
