26 R. T. LEWIS ON MKRMIS NIGRESCENS. 



July 6th a severe thunderstorm again occurred, rain falling heavily 

 for about two hours ; immediately on the cessation of the storm I 

 searched the garden for Mermis, and succeeded in finding six more 

 specimens. 



My attention has also since been directed to the observations of 

 Dujardin on this subject, as quoted by our late President, Dr. T. S. 

 Cobbold, in his work on "Entozoa," p. 59, in which these pro- 

 cesses are regarded as funiculi. — R. T. L. 



