JOUENAL 



OF THE 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



AUGUST 1902. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



VII. (continued). — The Genus Synchazta: 

 A Monographic Study, with Descriptions of Five Nevj Species. 



By Charles F. Bousselet, Curator and F.R.M.S. 



(Read June 18th, 1902.) 



Synchseta longipes Gosse. 

 PL IV. fig. 5. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Gosse, P. H. — Twenty-four new Species of Kotifera. Journ. Eoy. Micr. Soc, 



1887, p. 5, pi. II. fig. 15. 

 Hood, John — Chats about Eotifers. Science Gossip, 1887, p. 220. 

 Hudson & Gosse. — The Kotifera. Supplement. London, 1889, p. 17, pi. 31, 



fig. 4. 



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Spec. Char. — Body wide and triangular in front ; rounded, 

 almost globular posteriorly, possessing a long foot carrying two 

 acute toes; four frontal styles; broad pendent auricles; eye red, 

 cervical. Largest size 204 fi (y| 3 in.) long by 95 fi (^ f in.) wide 

 at the auricles. Lacustrine. 



First found by Mr. John Hood near Dundee, this well marked 

 species was described by Mr. P. H. Gosse in one of the last papers 

 he wrote. The figure accompanying the description must unfor- 

 tunately have been made from a very abnormal specimen, and it 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI. 



Fig. 11. — Synchmta baltica Ehrbg. ? Dorsal view, x 180. 

 „ 11a „ „ „ Front view of head, x 180. 



,.12 „ monopus Plate ? Dorsal view, x 350. 



„ 12a „ „ „ Front of head. X 350. 



„ 13 and 13a. — Parasites from body cavity of S. pectinata. x 650. 

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