Abstract
The hemocytes of Drosophila euronotus Patterson & Ward larvae were studied with phase-contrast microscopy and in films stained with Giemsa. Five types of hemocytes were described: prohemocytes, plasmatocytes, podocytes, lamellocytes, and oenocytoids. Differential counts of hemocytes during development showed that the plasmatocytes were the most numerous type of hemocyte. Podocytes and lamellocytes, both variant forms of the plasmatocyte, increased in percentages during larval development. Drosophila podocytes are considered to be cells intermediate between plasmatocyte and lamellocyte, while the latter cell is considered to be a terminal stage in the development of plasmatocytes. Oenocytoids, which first appeared in 2nd-stage larvae, increased in percentages up to the 3rd and final stage, and then decreased markedly during the prepupal stage.
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