ON THE SARCOCYSTS OF 2 FURTHER SARCOCYSTIS SPECIES BEING NEW FOR THE EUROPEAN HARE

The sarcocysts reported from German hares (Witzmann) are described by means of light and electron microscopy (Sarcocystis sp. 1). They have no villar protrusions arising from the cyst wall. The bradyzoites are small and squatly fusiform. A sarcocyst of a further species is descri bed from a Polish hare (Sarcocystis sp. 2). It has stub-like villar pr otrusions arising from the cyst wall, irregular in the outline, with v ariedly shaped osmiophilic condensations in the core which are attende d by large granules. Thus in the European hare one Sarcocystis species was found in Germany and altogether 5 other species in Poland. Sarcoc ystis cuniculorum nom. nov. is proposed as replacement name for S. cun iculi Brumpt, 1913 nom. nud. Except this species the other 5 species f rom the European hare do not seem to be species-specific for this inte rmediate host.