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blunt, angular, crenulated teeth, composed of the lowest 

 plates of the shell, which are usually thicker than the 

 others. Length, 56//to 100 ju ; greater breadth, 24// to 60^ ; 

 less-breadth, 16^ to 32//. 



Hob. Common in wet sphagnum, of sphagnous 

 swamps. 



Euglypha cristata. 



Shell tubular, flask-shaped, moderately inflated toward 

 the fundus, and tapering gradually to the slightly con- 

 tracted mouth ; circular in transverse section, hyaline, 

 colorless, composed of overlapping oval plates, appear- 

 ing as hexahedral areas, sometimes resembling hexa- 

 gonal plates joined at the edges. Mouth round, 4 to 

 6 angular serrulated teeth. Fundus with a tuft of 

 curved, radiating spines. Length, 40^ to 72^ ; breadth, 

 10// to 20/z. 



Hob. Sphagnous swamps. 



Euglypha mucronata. 



Shell like E. cristata, but with a conical, acute dome, 

 prolonged into a long, mucronate spine, sometimes two. 

 Length, 108/4 to 140// ; breadth, 32/i to 44// ; mucro, 20// 

 to 44// long. 



Hob. Wet sphagnum. 



Euglypha brachiata. 



Shell like E. cristata, but with a tuft of spines 

 to the fundus, and with 2 to 4 to 6 long spines springing 

 from the neck and diverging or curving upward and 

 outward. Length, 104/* to 128// ; breadth, 28;^ to 40/;. 



Hdb. Wet sphagnum and ooze. 



