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* Sieve-plate wanting, and therefore excluded in measuring the length, 

 t Breadth measured after restoring the collapsed body-wall to a cylin- 

 drical form. 



The ratio of body-length to the greatest breadth may be 

 given at 1: .15 — .25. As compared with 1: .3 — .44 of E. mar- 

 shalli, the present species must be said to have in general a 

 distinctly more elongate shape. 



Both Marshall and Schulze have stated that the body is 

 more or less compressed laterally, presenting an oval form in 

 cross-section. This is no doubt generally true. However, we 



