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Art. XXIX. — Classified List of the New Zealand Rotatoria, including 

 Twelve Species not previously recorded. 



By C. Barham Morris, F.E.M.S. 



[Read before the Otngo Institute, 7th October, 1913.] 



The nomenclature in the following list is that adopted in Harring's 

 " Synopsis of the Rotatoria" Bulletin 81, Smithsonian Institution, United 

 States National Museum, and is in agreement with the International Code. 



In cases where the names differ from those previously given when 

 reporting the occurrence of the species in this country, botli names are 

 inserted to avoid confusion, together with the name of the writer, habitat, 

 volume and page of the work in which the record is made. 



A query is placed against those species which cannot be definitely 

 identified on the information at present available. 



I regret being prevented from doing much field-work during the past 

 twelve months, and wish to record my great indebtedness to Mr. A. Cun- 

 ningham, of Oamaru, for his assistance in pond-searching. No less than 

 nine of the species here recorded for the first time from New Zealand were 

 found by him. 



Two new and interesting species — a Brachionus and a Synchaeta — 

 have been sent Home to Mr. Rousselet for further examination and report. 



The total number of species dealt with in this paper is seventy-six, 

 out of which the doubtfuls number nine. 



Order PLOIMA. 



Fain. NOTOMMATIDAE. 



Subfam. Notommatinae. 

 Genus Notommata Ehrenberg. 



1. N. aurita (Muller). Pond near Oamaru. Not previously recorded in 



New Zealand. 



2. N. najas Ehrenberg. Pond, Awamoa. Not previously recorded in 



New Zealand. 



3. N. saccigera Ehrenberg. Pond, Weston, North Otago. Not previously 



recorded in New Zealand. 



4. N. tripus Ehrenberg. Lily-pond, Lincoln College. Hilgendorf, Trans. 



N.Z. Inst., vol. 35, p. 269. 



5. 1 N. pentophthalma Hilgendorf. Pond, Taieri Beach. Hilgendorf, 



Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 31, p. 116. 



? Genus Planoventer Hilgendorf. 



1. ? P. varicolor Hilgendorf. Pond, Taieri Beach. Hilgendorf, Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst., vol. 31, p. 118. 



Genus Proales Gosse. 



1. P. decipiens (Ehrenberg). Near Lincoln. Hilgendorf, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. 35, p. 269. 



