HAilD\yiCKE'S SCIENCE. GOSSIP. 



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were boLli uufortuiiately lost before the'young oues 

 Avcre hatched. Leugih of the animal, about the aV 

 of au inch. Habitat, same as Floxcularia triluhata. 

 Notommuta caudata.—'Si-^Q single, cervical; head 

 somewhat rounded, conuectcd \^ith the body by a 

 long narrow neck. Attached to the head is a (one 

 only) short, singular, flexible, tube-like appendage 

 (tentacle ?), surmounted by setse.* The body, which 



is somewhat elliptical, 

 is prolonged posteriorly 

 into a kind of tail, on the 

 dorsal surface of which 

 a rounded prominence 

 is observed, and from its 

 summit there proceeds 

 a small setigenous tube. 



Fig. s. 

 n, Niitommata ciiudata, 

 b. Lateral view of ditto. 



Fig:. 9. 

 n, Slephanups lousfta. 

 b. Lateral view of ditto. 



not unlike, in appearance, the one attached to the 

 head. Beneath this so-called tail, but separated from 

 it by the cloaca, a long narrow foot, with two small 

 pointed toes, joins the body. The maxillary bulb is 

 placed high in the neck, and from it a long oesopha- 

 gus, with a kidney-shaped gland on each side of it, 

 leads to a large stomach. The ovary is large, and 

 contains from eight to twelve germinal vesicles. 

 When magnified up to 350 diameters, water vascu- 

 lar canals are distinctly seen. Total length, y^o 

 of an inch. Habitat, pools in the parish of Sand- 

 hurst. 



Stephanops vnheta.—^^&s two, small, frontal; 

 anterior portion of the lorica is expanded into a 

 kind of hood, as in Stephanops mittiats, but much 

 smaller in proportion to the size of the body. This 

 hood is remarkably clear and crystalline; and the 

 body, although the lorica presents a somewhat 

 tesselated appearance, is so transparent that it is 

 impossible to determine the internal structures. 

 T'he foot is about half the length of the body ; it is 

 i'oi-nished with three toes,— one, the dorsal, being 

 scarce half as long as the others. A long, tremu- 

 lous bristle— which is fixed into a kind of socket or 

 tube, situated in the centre of the back at about 



* T coidd never ascertain the exact point to v^•hich this 

 appendage is attaclied. 



the juncture of the anterior with the middle third 

 of the body — stands out diagonally, and, projecting 

 for some distance beyond the termination of the 

 foot, is kept, by the rapid movements of this rest- 

 less creature, in a constant state of vibration. Total 

 length, y^Q of an inch. Habitat, Sandhurst, Berk- 

 shire, iu same pools as the above. 



MOSSES ABOUT LONDON. 



T NOTICE that prizes are offered for the best 

 -^ collections of mosses and Hepaticaj to be mad:^ 

 in the neighbourhood of London. Candidates for 

 these prizes may be glad to know v.here to go, £1k1 

 what to look for, iu the district with which 1 am 

 best acquainted. 



On Reigate Heath (a swampy wood at its westera 

 end should be carefully examined), — 

 SpJiagHUid recurviim, rigid ion. 



„ subsecumlum, cymbifoVum. 

 DicraneUa certiculata. 

 Hypnum conlifolivm, utramineum. 

 Bractiythecium albicans, rutabulum (var. robus- 



tum). 

 PlcujiotheciMm den ticiilatum . 

 Jitngermamiia curcifolia, platyphylla. 

 Hypnum imponens was found here some time 

 ago. 



At the foot of Buckland Hill.":— 

 Thuidium hystricosum. 

 Hypnum cJirysophylhim. 



In the Mole, at the foot of Box Hill :— 

 Rhyncostegium rusciforme. \ 



On trees by the side of the Mole : — 

 Barbula mucronata. 



On trees at the foot of the iiill : — 

 Cryphiea heteromalla. 



On the ground, and at foot of trees in the 

 wood : — 



Rhyncostegium tenellum, conferfum. 

 EuryHcJdum pumihm, crassinervium. 

 TJiamnium alopeeurum. 



Higher up, on the slopes of the hill :— 

 Cylindrothecium concinmm . 

 Thuidium' abietimnn. 

 Bidymodon ruhellus. 

 Leptotrichum flexicaule. 

 Seligeria pusilla (on chalk). 



On trees in the neighbourhood of Box Hill ai.d 

 Dorking : — 



Orthotriclium Lyellii, leiocarpum. 



In Gomshall Marsh : — 

 Mnium rostratum. 

 Webe-ra albicans. 

 PJiyscomitrium pyriforme. 

 Hypnum ctispidatum . 



