not uncommonly infected with trypanosomes and 
also spirochaetes. 
Fig. 76c. Development in the blood of H. ziemanni and change 
to resting forms {after Schaudinn) 
11. H. lovati in the red grouse (Lagopus scotti- 
cus). 
Haemamoebae in Tortoises 
1. H. metchnikozvi. —Found in the blood of 
Trionyx indica , or Chitra indica , a large fresh-water 
tortoise, in many Indian rrvers. All adult specimens 
of this tortoise from the Jumna were infected. 
The parasite resembles H. danilezvskyi (hal- 
teridium), in that two forms are easily distinguished 
in the blood—(1) a hyaline form with large pigment 
grains, staining very slightly with methylene blue ; 
(2) a granular form, with fine pigment, staining deeply 
with methylene blue. These forms correspond to the 
male and female gametes respectively. In one of 
Simond’s figures it is interesting to observe a male and 
female gamete in the same red cell, which, so far as we 
know, has never been observed in the case of H. danil¬ 
ezvskyi. But besides these pigmented forms there are 
