50 CLATHEULINA. 



. SYN. : H. fenestrata, Greeff, H. and 

 L. ; Pompholyxophrys punicea, Archer ; H. exigua, H. and L. 



Body more or less yellowish, brownish, or reddish. 

 Investing silicious globules commonly in three layers. 

 Diameter, 40/* to 80// ; silicious globules, 4//. 



GENUS JX. CLATHRULINA. 



SYN. : Clathrulina, Cienk. ; Podosphcera, Archer. 



Animal provided with a spherical, latticed, silicious 

 capsule, attached by a long, filiform stem to aquatic 

 plants or other objects. Contents of the capsule a soft, 

 Actinophrys-like body, with the same kind of pseudo- 

 podal rays which project through the openings of the 

 capsule. 



Clathrulina elegans. SYN. : C. elegans, Cienk., Archer, Greeff, 

 H. and L. , Leidy ; Podosphccra Hackeliana, Archer. 



Capsule colorless, becoming yellow or brown with age ; 

 openings circular, or polygonal with rounded angles. 

 When near maturity the sarcode contracts from the cap- 

 sule. Body consists of soft, colorless, granular proto- 

 plasm, with scattered, oil-like molecules, numerous vacu- 

 oles and a central nucleus. Rays straight, mostly simple, 

 somewhat furcate, long and numerous. Pedicle of vari- 

 able length, attached by an expanded, lobate disk. While 

 young the capsule is not obvious, and the pedicle is much 

 thicker in proportion. Diameter of capsule, 30// to 44// 

 [and more] ; length of pedicle, 60/7 to 260// ; thickness, 

 2/*, to 4r//. 



Hob. Ponds, ditches, swamps. 



