JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



OCTOBER, 1913. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



XIV. — Soiith American Rotifera. Part III. — conclusion. 

 By James Murray, F.R.S.E. 



{Bead April 16, 1913.) 

 Plate XVIII. 



Order PLOIMA: LORICATA (in Part). 



Faaiilies Colurid.^, PterodixiD/E, Brachionid^, Axur^id^e. 



Ix the remaininc^ families of the Loricata the material collected is 

 very scanty, and the results of little interest. There is one new 

 species of Brachionus (B. trahea). 



The salt lagoon in Rio, besides producing this curious new 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVIII. 



Fig. 16a. — Brachionus angularis var. caudatus. 



,, 465. Ditto. Very small variety. 



,, 16c. Ditto. Small tailed variety. 



„ 4:6d. Ditto. Very large papillose tailed form. 



,, 46e. Ditto. Anterior ventral margin. 



,, 46/. Ditto. SmaU variety. 



„ 47a. — B. millleri. Form without dorsal spines. 



,, 476. Ditto. Small variety. 



,, 47c. Ditto. Very small variety. 



„ 48a. —B. trahea sp. n. 



,, 48&. Ditto. Lateral view. 



,, 49a. — B. bakeri. Variety. 



,, 496. Ditto. Anterior ventral margin 



,, 50. — Anurxa aculeata. Variety. 



(All figures multiplied 260 diam.) 



Oct. Idtll, 191S 2 H 



