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been found in India, but an animal having the other structures, viz. 

 claws united halfway and pharynx with three short rods in each 

 row, besides a nut joined to the gullet, and a " comma," was 

 abundant in moss from Baghghora, 6000 ft., and Gokdhara, 

 3000 ft. 



M. echinogenitus Richters (10). — The adult animal and typical 

 eggs occurred in several samples of moss, from Sinihul, 8000 ft., 

 and Baghghora, 6000 ft. 



Var. areolatus (Murray, Arctic Tard., 13). — Both eggs and 

 adults in three samples of moss from Sinihul, 8000 ft. This form, 

 which I expect to prove of specific value, is distinguished by the 

 areolations, hexagonal or rounded, between the spines of the eggs. 

 The animal, which has frequently been squeezed out of the egg, 

 further differs from the type in that the pharynx always lacks the 

 comma, and the claws are joined for a short distance above the 

 base. Abundant. 



Variety of egg. — A large egg of the echinogenitus type containing 

 an embryo with the typical pharynx, but having most of the spines 

 forked. Sinihul, 8000 ft. 



Variety (fig. 7). — Pharynx and claws of echinogenitus type. 

 End of gullet, in pharynx, with unusually wide, divergent flange. 

 Teeth abruptly angled in middle, both portions straight. In the 

 mixed collection ; locality unknown. 



M. macronyx Duj. (?) {1). — A few examples, Sinihul, 8000 ft., 

 were identified as this species. In view of the discovery that the 

 supposed macronyx of Scotland, now called M. dispar (5), has 

 spiny eggs, it becomes uncertain to which species the Indian 

 examples should be referred. 



31. oberhduseri Doy (?) (^2). — There is no agreement among 

 authors as to this species. The pigment bands, wliich seem to be 

 generally accepted as the most reliable character, may be absent. 

 No one appears to have found the mulberry-form eggs of Doyere's 

 diagnosis, and connected them with the pigmented animal. 

 Accepting Professor Richters' identification, I find in India several 

 animals having the claws and pharynx as in examples which 

 Eichters has kindly sent me from the Taunus. The claws are of 

 the structure usual in the genus Dij^hascon, and called the 

 oberhduseri type, from this species, and the pharynx has a con- 

 spicuous nut joined to the gullet, and two short equal rods, or 

 round nuts, in each row. In moss from Baghghora, 6000 ft., and 

 in the mixed collection ; frequent. 



M. indicus sp. n., plate XIV. figs. 6a to 6c. 



Specific characters. — Very small ; claws of echinogenitits type 

 V-shaped, one of each pair slightly longer ; pharynx nearly round 



