3 NEW SPECIES OF HEMICYCLIOPHORA DEMAN, 1921 FROM INDIA

Three new species of Hemicycliophora are described and illustrated. He micycliophora attapadii sp.n. is characterized by its relatively large body size; conoid lip region with three annules, indented dorsoventra lly; a rectangular oral disc; elongated vulval lips; absence of longit udinal lines and R>370. H. meghalayaensis sp.n. also has a relatively large body; low flat lip region with three annules, first lip annule d orsoventrally indented; oral disc rectangular with central oval part s urrounded by narrow collar elongated vulval lips; absence of longitudi nal lines and R=295-340. H. postamphidia sp.n. has a moderately large body; a conoid lip region with three lip annules, amphidial apertures covered by lateral shields and located away from oral disc; vulval lip s three annules long; tail elongate conoid, then spicate with finely r ounded terminus, R=340-372.