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Rickettsia -like Parasite of Cimex 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II. 
Fig. 1. Minute lanceolate forms issuing from ruptured cell of Malpighian tube ( x 1000). 
Fig. 2. Bacterial forms in fragment of gut wall ( x 1300). 
Fig. 3. A large cluster of lanceolate forms and developing bacterial forms issuing from ruptured 
cells of ovary ( x 1000). 
Fig. 4. Minute lanceolate forms issuing from ruptured cell of organ of Berlese ( x 1300). 
Fig. 5. Thread forms issuing from ruptured end of Malpighian tube ( x 1000). 
Fig. 6. Section through Malpighian tube showing mass of thread forms in infected cell ( x 1000). 
Fig. 7. Rickettsia and bacillary forms from smears of two eggs. The Rickettsia forms are more 
heavily stained than is usual in smears of eggs ( x 1300). 
Fig. 8. Smear cf Malpighian tube showing Rickettsia and thread forms ( x 1300). 
Fig. 9. A range of forms selected from smears of various organs ( x 1300). 
