PLATE XLIv 



ACTINOSPH^ERIUM EICHHORNII. 



Fig. 1. An individual, exhibiting a contractile vesicle at a, and the position, 6, at which another 

 has just collapsed. The large sphere c at the lower part of the figure is a vacuole containing a Rotifer 

 which has just been swallowed. In the interior, diatoms and other food materials may be seen. 250 

 diameters. China Lake, Uinta Mountains, Wyoming, August, 1877. Abundant at the locality. 



Fig. 2. Individual with comparatively few and short rays, a, contractile vesicle ; h, position at 

 which one has just collapsed ; c, large vacuole containing a Rotifer in the act of being swallowed ; d, 

 act of discharging effete matter. 250 diameters. Ditches below Philadelphia, with Lemna, Wolffia, 

 etc., frequent, April, 1877. 



Fig. 3. A small individual with long rays. 250 diameters. Lake Hattacawanna, Morris County, 

 New Jersey, March, 1875. a, contractilo vesicles. 



Fig. 4. Individual with only five rays. Shortly after beiug noticed other rays were produced, 

 and in an hour subsequently numerous rays extended in all directions, a, contractile vesicle ; c, food 

 in the act of being swallowed. 200 diameters. Pond in Fairmonnt, Philadelphia, September, 1875. 



Fig. 5. Small individual with few rays, a, large contractile vesicle. 250 diameters. Ditches 

 . below Philadelphia, September, 1875. 



Fig. 6. A remarkable rayless individual, containing a Rotifer and other food materials, which 

 were subsequently discharged, when the animal assumed a more regular spherical form. 200 diameters. 

 Found with the p receding. 



Fig. 7. Portion of an individual magnified 1,000 diameters, a, contractile vesicle; 6, nucleus. 



Fig. 8. An unknown Heliozoan, suspected to pertain to Actinosphterium. 500 diameters. Marsh 

 at Bristol, Pa., August, 1876. 



Figs. 9, 10. Anomalous body, suspected to be a detached portion of an Actinosphaerium. 500 

 diameters. Ditches below Philadelphia, April, 1876. 



Fig. 11. Areolated body, suspected to be a moult of an Actinosphserium. 100 diameters, Abse- 

 com pond, New Jersey, March, 1876. Similar bodies occasionally found and suspected to be related with 

 Actinosphserium. Perhaps it is entirely foreign to the latter and may be a vegetable product. Fig. 12. 

 A portion of the same magnified 200 diameters. 



