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No tuition fees are charged. The expense of getting 

 there is not so great as might he expected, owing to 

 reduced rates to western points. The station is reached 

 over the Burlington and Northern Pacific by stage from 

 Selish to Poison on the lower end of the lake and thence 

 by steamer tri-weekly, or over the Great Northern to 

 Kalispell, by stage four miles to Dlemersville on the Flat- 

 head river and thence by steamer. 



The station work has so far been eminently successful, 

 due very largely to the untiring energy of the director, 

 Prof. M. J. Elrod. I believe he has started what will 

 finally become the most famous fresh water station in this 

 country. 



A LARGE RED HYDRA. 



BY MAURICE RICKER. 



During the summer session of the University of Montana 

 Biological Station, we found what is believed to be a new 

 hydra. It was taken in large numbers from Echo lake, 

 Flathead county, Montana. It has never been found in any 

 of the other numerous streams or lakes in this vicinity, 

 and so far as is known no other hydra has ever been col- 

 lected in the state. 



The following are some of its most noticeable character- 

 istics: The animals are conspicuous on account of their 

 bright coral red color and large size. In fact, one can 

 recognize them as hydra while standing on logs. A fair 

 sample of the larger ones measured, when feeding, five- 

 eighths inch from the mouth to the proximal end. None 

 of the tentacles of this hydra were less than two and one- 

 half inches long, measured from the mouth to the end, 

 and the longest was two and eleven-sixteenths inches, 

 making a total length from tip to tip of three and five- 

 sixteenths inches. 



