Notes on Victorian Rotifers. 71 



these bands were in constant motion, creating a strong current 

 of water, which brought particles from a considerable distance. 

 This liabit is, I believe, unique among the Flosculariada), 

 though the one known form of Stephanoceros, *S. eiclihornii, 

 is said to lasli with its cilia at an escaping captive, and ren- 

 ders this form peculiarly interesting. I was unfortunately 

 unable to make a cai-eful study of tiie s})ecimen, and have 

 not since succeeded in finding another. It might be worth 

 the while of other observers to search for this species in the 

 place where I found it. The one specimen was Tr^jth in. in 

 length.— H. H. A.] 



MELICEllTADiE. 



The Melicertadse are well repi-esented in Victorian waters, 

 and not only have we met with many species, but these 

 species were in almost all cases very numei'ously repre- 

 sented. 



(viii) Melicerta rinrfens is common ever}^ where, and is 

 sometimes very large. We have seen tubes more than 

 j-^th in. in length. 



(ix) Melicerta conifera is also fairly common, and some- 

 times most abundant. [I found it in thousands just after 

 the floods in the back waters of Gardiner's Creek at 

 Glenferrie, though a month after I could not hud a single 

 specimen there. — H. H. A.] 



(x) Limmasceratojjhytli is common; specimens j^oth in. to 

 ^th in. seen. 



(xi) Limnias annulatus is somewhat rare ; we have 

 found it at Oakleigh, at Toorak, in a lagoon by the side of 

 the Yarra, and in the Botanical Gardens. 



(xii) Gepkalosiphon limnias. Botanical Gardens. 



(xiii) (Ecistes cry stall inu'^. Toorak, Brighton, Heidel- 

 berg. 



(xiv) (Ecistes intermedins. Oakleigh, Botanical Gardens, 

 Heidelberg. 



(xv) (Ecistes lonr/icornis. Botanical Gardens, Oakleigh, 

 Heidelberg. 



(xvi) Lacinularia socialis. Heidelberg. 



