JOUENAL 



OF^THE 



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ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY 



DECEMBER, 1908. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



XVII. — -Some African Rotifers. 

 By James Murray. 



(Read December 18, 19070 

 Plate XV. 



Through the kindness of friends I have recently had the oppor- 

 tunity of studying the Bclelloid Rotifers of various parts of Africa. 



Mr. W. Milne, of Uitenhage, Cape Colony, sent me moss from 

 several localities in Cape Colony. This moss was primarily 

 examined for Tardigrada, but it was noted that the fauna of 

 Bdelloida was abundant and peculiar, including many undescribed 

 species. As Mr. Milne was already far advanced in a study of the 

 Bdelloids of Cape Colony, my notes and sketches were put at his 

 disposal. 



About the same time, Mr. N. D. F. Pearce, of Cambridge — to 

 whom I am already deeply indebted for opportunities to study 

 the microfauna of many lands — sent moss, or moss-like plants, 

 from Old Calabar, Uganda, and Madagascar. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XV. 



Fig. 1. — Callidina multispinosa var. brevispinosa var. n. Ventral view, feeding. 

 2.— Ditto. Dorsal view, contracted. 

 3. — Ditto. Dorsal view of head. 

 4. — Ditto. Egg, seen in body of parent. 

 5. — C. pinniger sp. n. Dorsal view, feeding. 

 6. — Ditto. Head, showing two necklets. 

 7. — Ditto. Jaw. 

 8. — Rotifer longirostris var. bitorquata var. n. 



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