D. BRYCE ON A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE BDELLOID ROTIFERA. 77 



Philodina Ehrenberg 2. 



Spurs usually short and without heel ; animals wandering and 

 free in habit. Mostly oviparous, rarely viviparous. 



P. roseola Ehrenberg 3. 



P. erythrophthalma Ehrenberg 2. 



P.Jiaviceps Bryce 58. 



P. vorax (Janson) 38. 



P. citrina Ehrenberg 2, 3. 



P. acuticornis Murray 51. 



P. megcdotrocha Ehrenberg 3. 



P, indica Murray 59. 



P. convergens Murray 61. 



P. brevipes Murray 51. 



P. 7iemoralis Bryce 54. 

 P. rugosa Bryce 54. 



var. callosa Bryce 54. 



var. coriacea Bryce 54. 

 P. jil^na (Bryce) 41. 

 P. squamosa Murray 59. 

 P. gregaria Murray 66. 

 P. antarctica Murray 66. 

 P. alata Murray 66. 



** Without throat. 



Abrochtha gen. nov. 



Gullet absent. Rami immediately below mouth-cavity and 

 protrusible thereinto. 



A, intermedia (de Beauchamp) 65. 



c. Foot ending in sucker-like disc or twin discs. 

 * Foot -glands in transverse series. 



Discopus Zelinka 25. 



No rostral lamellae, viviparous. 



D. synaptae Zelinka 25. 



** Foot-glands in longitudinal series. 



Anomopus Piovanelli 53 

 Foot elongate. 

 . ^-1. telphusae Piovanelli 53. 



Mniobia gen. nov. 



Foot short. 



M. magna (Plate) 27. 

 31. russeola (Zelinka) 29. 

 M. symhiotica (Zelinka) 20. 

 M. scarlatina (Ehrenberg) 10. 



M. tetraodon (Ehrenberg) 7. 

 M. arriiata (Murray) 55. 

 M. incrassata (Murray) 55. 

 M. circinata (Murray) 61. 



