Three New Species of Zoopage Predaceous on Terricolous Rhizopods

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Abstract
Z. virgispora, obtained from decaying leaves of Phrag-mites communis collected in Wisconsin, subsists through capture of 2 spp. of Amoeba mostly 10 to 40 [mu] wide; one of the amoebae showing a single central body in its nucleus, the other revealing about 12 oblate ellipsoidal bodies in peripheral positions near the nuclear membrane. Z. pachyblasta, obtained from decaying leaves and stems of Solanum tuberosum collected in Colorado, subsists by capture of an Amoeba that varies from 25 to 50 [mu] in width, and seems to be devoid of a firm pellicle. Z. toechospora, which subsists through capture of the testaceous rhizopod Euglypha laevis, was found in decaying remains of Hordeum vulgare and Solanum tuberosum from Colorado. Its conidia contain 1 to 4 empty locules in addition to the single living cell that usually occupies a median position; the curiously multiseptate condition giving them an appearance suggestive of the hyphomycetous genus Helmin-thosporum.