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Journal of Experimental Biology 33,697-708 (1956)
Published by Company of Biologists 1956

Excretion by the Malpighian Tubules of the Stick Insect, Dixippus Morosus (Orthoptera, Phasmidae): Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Phosphate and Hydrogen Ions

J. A. RAMSAY ¹

¹ Zoological Laboratory, University of Cambridge

1. The excretion of calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate and hydrogen ions has been studied in preparations of single Malpighian tubules isolated in drops of serum under liquid paraffin.

2. The concentrations of calcium, magnesium and chloride are always lower in the urine than in the serum.

3. The concentration of phosphate is always greater in the urine than in the serum. As the concentration of phosphate in the serum increases, the rate of urine flow also increases.

4. The urine is always alkaline to the serum but becomes acid in the rectum.

5. The general problem of excretion by Malpighian tubules is briefly reviewed and discussed.