JOUENAL 



OF THE 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



FEBRUARY, 1911. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



I. — Some African Rotifers: Bdelloida of Tropical Africa. 

 By J. Murray, F.R.S.E. F.Z.S. 



(Bead December 21, 1910.) 



Plates I. and II. 



These notes on African Rotifers are rendered possible by the 

 kindness of various friends, who have sent me mosses from different 

 parts of tropical Africa. The material for a previous paper on the 

 same subject was provided by Mr. N. D. F. Pearce, of Cambridge, 

 and the results appeared in this Journal in 1908 (19).* 



* The figures in brackets refer to the Bibliography at the end of paper. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Fig. la. — Habrotrocha caudata sp. n. Lateral view of animal in its case. 



„ lb. — Ditto. Dorsal view of empty case. 



,, lc. — Ditto. Dorsal view of head. 



,, Id. — Ditto. Animal without its case, more highly magnified. 



,, le. — Ditto. Jaw. 



,, 2a. — Callidina allani sp. n. Dorsal view, feeding. » 



„ 26. — Ditto. .Head, to larger scale, showing horse-shoe mark. 



,, 2c. — Ditto. Jaw. 



,, 3a. — Philodina. Undescribed species, resembling Mniobia russeola. 



,, 3b. — Ditto. Jaw. 



„ 3c. — Ditto. Rump and foot. 



„ 3d. — Ditto. Spurs and toes. 



,, 3c. — Ditto. Rostrum and lamellae. 



„ 4a. — Habrotrocha appendiculata sp. n. Dorsal view. 



„ 46. — Ditto. Jaw. 



,, 5a. — H. brocklehursti sp. n. Dorsal view, feeding. 



,, 56. — Ditto. Dorsal view, fully extended. 



,, 5c. — Ditto. Jaw. 



„ 5d. — Ditto. Spurs. 



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