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Melicerta, "Volvox, water-mites (several species), Hydra, 

 Epistylis, Vorticellidae, and Conochilus volvox. The weather 

 belied its promise of wet, and was most favourable ; and 

 after tea at one of the inns in the forest, Blackbush Plain 

 and the Cuckoo Ponds were visited, ending a most successful 

 excursion. 



