8 Prot. 
PROTOZOA. 
[Maupas, E]. Sur la conjugaison des Infusoires cili^s. C.R. cii (1886), 
pp. 1569-1572. 
Conjugation of Colpodium colpoda, Paramcecium aurelia , Euplotes 
patella var. eurystomus. Seven stages in conjugating process; interchange 
of nucleolar corpuscles. 
. Sur les granules amylac^s du cytosome des Gregarines. T. c. 
pp. 120-123. 
Characteristic amyloid granules in Gregarinids ; definite in form ; 
starchy in composition ; arising in the middle of the protoplasm. 
. Sur la conjugaison des Param&jies. Op. cit. ciii (1886), pp. 482- 
484, 1 diagram. 
In conjugation of Paramcecia, one of the division products of the 
hermaphrodite para-nucleus is specialized to form by division a fertilizing 
and a fertilized element, the former passing from one form to the other. 
The elimination of elements may be compared with phenomena of matu- 
ration, &c., in specialized sex-elements of Metazoa. 
. • Sur la multiplication de la Leucophrys patula , Ehr. T . c. 
pp. 1270-1273. 
Division at limit of growth. Voracious nutrition of Leucophrys patula, 
Ehr., associated with very rapid multiplication (32 descendants from 1 
form in 24 hours). Iu scarcity of food encystation occurs, and rapid 
transverse division, forming small individuals. Many of these are de- 
voured by surviving larger forms. The species may be preserved by this 
autophagy. Others escape, become quiescent, and with food acquire 
original characters of adult. No conjugation of small forms. 
^Millet, F. W. Additional notes on the Foraminifera of the St. Erth 
Clay. Tr. R. Geol. Soc. Cornw. x, pp. 222-226. 
^Milne, W. New Protozoa. P. Phil. Soc. Glasg. 1886, 1 pi.; J. R. Micr. 
Soc., June, 1887. 
New Tentaculifer, Stylostoma forrestii , n. g. & sp., attached to a Cyclops: 
tentacles in groups at extremities of three arms. Strombidinopsis probos- 
cidifer , n. sp., Oxytricha tricornis , n. sp. 
Mobius, K. Adoral-Organ der Ciliaten. Bor. Deut. Nat. Vers. ; Biol. 
Centralbl. vi (1886), pp. 539 & 540. 
Adoral ciliated organ of heterotrichous and hypotrichous Infusoria 
shown to consist of fine cilia, united in comb-like plates. Also notes 
on multiplication of Freia ampulla , by unequal longitudinal division. 
*Moniez, R. Note sur le genre Gymnospora , type nouveau de Sporo- 
zoaire. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. xi, pp. 587-594, 10 figs. ; J. R. Micr. Soc. 
ii (1887), p. 254. 
Gymnospora nigra — probably one of Coccidia — in larva of Vanessa 
urticce. 
