DEVELOPMENT* EVOLUTION, MISCELLANEA. Proti 41 
Digenetic life-cycle of Hamogregarina xtepanovi , the alternate (definitive) 
host being a leech, in which the formation of sporozoites occurs, Siegel 
(349). — Parthenogenesis of female elements of Laverania malaria * 
Pittaluga (297). 
Spore- formation (“colourless” and “brown” spores— see II, c. 2) in 
Nosema stegomya and subsequent development of the parasite, Marchoux* 
Salimbeni & Simond (248) and Simond (356). — Pansporoblasts with 
micro- and macrospores in Gurleya legeri n. sp., Hesse (153). — Variety in 
form of spores of many new Brazilian Glugeids, Lutz & Splendore (241). 
Sporulation in Polycaryum lave h. sp., Stempell (364). 
Cyst-formation and sporulation in Trichomonas cavide , Galli- 
Valerio (122). 
The process of encystment in Dileptus described, Prowazek (306). 
E. Evolution ; Group Relationships and ClaSsificatoRy 
Changes. 
On the classification of Rhizopodsj West (405) includes in this group' 
the Proteomyxa, Vampyrellida, Amahdea and TeStAcea.— On the systematic 
Arrangement of the RhizopOds (Amahdea and Foramihifera), GroBbEn 
(137). — Systematic position of Entam,aha\ intermediate between Rhizo-* 
pods and Myxosporidia, Schaudinn (333). 
Natural characters of the division of Foraminifera into Perforata and 
Imperforata. Terms Flexostyla and Orthoslyla suggested as preferable, 
Kemna (174). 
Rhumbler (318) unites most of the Brotomyxidea, as the order NudA* 
With the order Foraminifera, to form the Reticulosa, a group distinct from 
the Lobosa And the FiloSa. He gives A classificatorv scheme of the 
Foraminifera, the first two families Of which, Rhabdamlninida and 
Ammodiscida , he subdivides and treats in detail. 
Classification of the COccidia, Mesnil (260); the Author includes 
herein the Hsemosporidia. 
Piroplasrha is held by Babes (11) to be intermediate between ProtozoA 
and Bacteria, or a't any rate on the very lowest rung of the former. 
Classification and affinities Of the Euglenida , Dangeard (79). 
The Ancistridd , a hew family of Ciliates, to include Ancistrum , Boverid 
and Plagiospira n. g., with systematic position intermediate betweOrt 
Holo- and Heterotricha, IssfiL (164). — Phylogehetic significance of the 
peristomal changes in Licnophora\ relation of this form to the chief 
Ciliate ty^es, StIsven^ ($71): 
F. Miscellanea. 
1. Cultivation Rnd infection. 
Autoinfection of Ilenlea by the “ amphionts ” (or spores) and sporozoites 
of Schaudinnella , Nusbaum (282). 
Mode of infection of rabbits by Coccidium cuniculi ; action of the 
different digestive juices upon the spores, Metzner (262). 
Transmission of Hamogregarina stepanovi by a leech (a true host); 
hereditary infection of the latter, Siegel (349). — Probability that Ixodes 
is the true definitive host of a Lankesterella of Toads, Durham (92); 
Discussion regarding the manner in which the transmission of Piroplasma 
by ticks (Rhipicephalus anrtulatus) is effected, Laveran (197) & Megnin 
(256-258). — Relation of ticks to Piroplasma , as regards transmission* 
LiGNifeRES (226), and, in ovine pifoplasmosis (“Cafceag”)* Motas (276); 
