80 Till': KOTIFEPvA. 



in consequence, sepavated it from the Mdicertculce, and placed it in a family named 

 after itself : an honour it did not doservc. The antennse vary greatly in length in the 

 dilierent species : some arc mere sctigerous pimples, others the longest known among the 

 Kotifera. 



The internal structure, so far as it has been ascertained, is that of Mcliccrla. The 

 parts not made out are the vascular system and the nervous system. The male also is 

 uiiluiown. 



(E. CRTSTALLiNUS, Ehreiiberg. 

 iPl. VTT. fi-. S.I 



CFcistrs criistallhma . . . EhienberK, Die Jnfu^. l><Hy>, p. ;;'.)2, Taf. xliii. Sis- 7. 



... Pritchaid, /»/!fson«, 18C1, p. BGS, pi. XXV. ligs. 3G1-3G4. 

 Mi'lici'rta cr>/stallina . . . Go.iise, Popular Sci. Bcv. vol. i. 1802, p. 490. 



SP. CII. Ventral antennae e.rtreme.Jy short, and set u-ide apart ; tube most variable 

 and irregular in shape, often heset n-iiJi extraneous matter. 



I have frequently met witli this Rotiforon in dense colonies, whose dirty-brown tubes 

 gave quite a rusty look to the water plants which they infested. Though small, it is a 

 very pretty object ; and, with a little care, the secondary wreath of cilia, the two 

 antennae and the dorsal gap in the eiliai'y wreath can be distinctly made out. For this 

 purpose the anini:il must he so placed that its long axis is nearly in the line of sight. 

 From almost all other points of view the dorsal gap is invisible, and only one antenna 

 can be seen at once, owing to the unusual width between tlie two. When the case is 

 free from rubbish, it is not difficult to sec that the animal's internal structure is very 

 like that of Meliccrta. Tlie vascular system and the nervous system have not yet been 

 observed. Two red eyes arc visible in the lialf-grown j-oung. 



Length. Aliont ,},-, incli. Habitat. Ponds and ditches : very common. 



(K. iNTEEMEDius, Davis. 



(Pi. VII. fig. 5.) 



CEcisti-.s iiiicrmcdms . . . Davis, Trans. Boy. Micr. Soc. vol. xv. 1807, p. 11, with 6g. 



SP. CII. Antennae short; dorsal gap nnusually wide; tube opaque, tapering 



sUf/htli/ from top to hoi torn. 



]\Ir. Davis found this species at Leytonstone, in company with the former. It 

 differs from <'K. crystaUinvs in the width of the dorsal gap in the ciliary wreath, which 

 almost approaches that of a Limnias, and in its neat tube, which exactly reproduces that 

 of L. ccratojihylli. In fact, had it not been for its distinctly oval corona, I should have 

 said that it was a variety of the latter species. Mr. Hood, however, tells me that he has 

 found it (sometimes in abundance) in Scotland and always with the oval disk ; Mr. Gosse, 

 loo, has seen many Scotch specimens, and has no doubt that it is a true species. 



[Two specimens, so young that no visible tube was begun, yet attached to a stem by 

 the foot, showed, in the wall of the occiput just below the ciliary rota, two well-defined 

 and conspicuous dark eyes, rather far apart. — P. H. G.] 



Length. About V- inch. Habitat. Leytonstone, Essex (H. Davis I ; marsh pools, 

 Fife and Pertli {•7.11. 1 : not connnon. 



(E. sEKPENTiNus, Gossc, sp. nov. 

 (PI. IX. fig. 1.) 



SP. CH. Corona .<;mall, circular ; foot fully thrice the length of tht body, much 

 wrinkled, extensile ; ventral antenna a single, simp)le tubercle ; a ptair of dorsal hooks 

 below the corona, adnate at the base ; tube very short, or absent. 



