varieties, JP (M), and constructs a homomorphism w: &P (M) -> JP (M) from the codimension p algebraic cycles algebraically equivalent to zero into the p-th torus. We have shown, [5], that the image of this map is an abelian subvariety, J P(M). In this note we study the variation of the (analytic) moduli of this subtorus under deformations of M. Various examples have shown that the moduli of JP(M) do not vary holomorphically under deformations of M, and have led Griffiths [3] to modify the complex structure on JP to produce a set of tori TP(M) (not abelian varieties) which do vary holomorphically. We study an abelian subvariety, Thg0, of Griffiths' torus which contains Jaw, and which coincides with J{,P provided a special case of the lodge conjecture is verified. We obtain the local result THEOREM 1. Let B be a simply connected complex manifold, and Mt, t E B, an analytic family of Hodge manifolds. Let W be a real subtorus of TP(M,,). The set ={tE B I W defines a complex subtorus of ThgP(Mt)} is a closed analytic set. The abelian variety structure on W depends holomorphically on t E .z.