JOUENAL 



OF THE 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



OCTOBER, 1907. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



XII. — Some South African Tarcligrada. 

 By James Murray. 



{Bead March 20, 1907.) 

 Plates XVII. and XVIII, 



The compilation of this short list of African Tardigrada has been 

 rendered possible by the kindness of Mr. W. Milne, of Uitenhage, 

 Cape Colony, formerly of Glasgow. Mr. Milne's work on Rotifera, 

 extending over the past twenty years, and published from time to 

 time in the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, is 

 well known. 



While corresponding with him about the Bdelloid Rotifera, 

 Mr. Milne sent to me from time to time, during the year 1906, 

 moss from various parts of Cape Colony. 



In addition to the Bdelloid Rotifers, which were abundant, and 

 of which many peculiar species occurred, this moss yielded a good 

 many Tardigrada. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVII. 



Fig. la. — Echiniscus sp. (?) 



,, lb. „ ,, Portion of dorsal surface. 



„ 2a. — E. africamis sp. n. 



,, 26. „ ,. Claw. 



,, 3. — E. longispinosus sp. n. 



,, ^a. — E. perarmatus sp. n. 



„ 46. ,, ,, Portion of dorsal surface. 



,, 4c. ,, „ Outer and inner claws. 



„ 5a.— E. sp. (?) 



„ 56. ,, Inner claw, 



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