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Murray (1906) has listed the following rotifers from the slopes of the Himalayas 

 between altitudes of 2000 and 8000 feet (610 and 2440 m.). Most of these rotifers are 

 Bdelloids, which is to be expected since the collections were made in moss. 



Philodina indica Murray 



P. sqiiaiiiosa Murray 



P. citrina Ehrenljerg 



P. brevipcs Murray 



P. flaz'iccps Bryce 



P. vora.v Janson 



P. laticeps Murray 



Habroirocha perforata (Murray) 



H. angiisticollis (Murray) 



H. angiisticollis attcmtata (Murray) 



H. nodosa (Murray) 



H. aspcra Bryce 



H. lata Bryce 



H. Icitgcbii (Zelinka) 



H. inicroccphala (Murray) 



Macrotrachcla forinosa (Murray) 



M. qiiadricornifera Milne 



M. papulosa Thompson 



M. tmdtispinosa Thompson 



M. plicata (Bryce) 



M. habit a (Bryce) 



M. bidlata (Murray) 



M. muscnlosa Milne 



Rot aria sordid a (Western) 



R. sordida fimbriata (Western) 



R. rotatoria (Pallas) 



Adincta vaga (Davis) 



Proales quadrangularis (Glasscott) 



Squat inclla tcnclla (Bryce) 



Colurclla adriatica (Ehrenberg) 



Monostyhi litnaris (Ehrenberg) 



BracliidiiKs urccolaris Ehrenberg 



Our Kashmir stations are comparable in altitude to Murray's localities, but since our 

 collections were made with a tow-net, his list is of no value for comparison. 



The rotifers of Southern Tibet have been studied by Stewart (1908), who collected 17 

 species, including five that he described as new, from the neighbourhood of Gyantse, at alti- 

 tudes between 13,000 ft. and 14,000 ft., i.e. approximately 4000 m. and 4270 m. Of the 

 five new species Mastigocerca auchinlcckii Stewart is synonymised by Harring (1913) with 

 Trichocerca longiseta (Schrank) and Salpina shape Stewart with Mytilina centralis brezispina 

 (Ehrenl). ). Rotifer tridentatiis Stewart is considered unrecognisable by Harring as is 

 Cathypna auibaii Stewart by Harring and Myers ( 1926) . Notholca seaphida Stewart, omitted 

 through an oversight by Harring, is an obvious synonym of A^. striata (Miiller). The Tibetan 



