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24 and the equally delicate outer coat. Here the parasite, some thirty-six hours after the mosquito has fed, may be detected as a minute (6 $$\mu$$) oval or spherical body with a sharp outline and hyaline or slightly

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granular contents in which the hæmozoin particles are plainly visible. It lies between the muscular fibres, which, as it grows, it dissociates to a certain extent.

During the next few days the parasite increases rapidly, acquiring a well-defined capsule, and, in