JOUBNAL 



OF THE 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



OCTOBER, 1911. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



XVII. — Motif era of New Zealand: Collected by the Shackleton 

 Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9. 



By James Murray, F.R.S.E. 



(.Bead June 28, 1911.) 

 Plates XVI., XVII. 



As the ' Nimrod ' remained in New Zealand for a month on the 

 outward voyage in 1907, and for about the same time on the return 

 from the Antarctic in 1909, there were better opportunities for 

 collecting there than in any other country visited. We did, in 

 fact, examine representative districts in all parts of the islands, 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. 



Fig. la. — Microdina paradoxa Murray, variety. Head. 

 lb. Ditto. Foot. 

 2a. — Pleuretra brycei (Weber), variety. 

 2b. Ditto. Side view. 

 2c. Ditto. Jaw. 

 3. — Dissotrocha pectinata sp. n. 

 4a. — Callidina microcornis sp. n. 

 4Z>. Ditto. Foot. 

 4c. Ditto. Jaw. 



5a. — Callidina multispinosa (Thomp.) variety. 

 56. Ditto. Jaw. 



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