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MARVELS OF POND-LIFE, 



the family, and in supporting Mr. Gosse's view that 

 they belong to the group of Arthropoda^ of which 

 the insects are the principal representatives. 



Brachioiius urceolaris. 



This drawing has been accidentally reversed by the engraver, which alters 

 the relative place" of the internal organs. 



Another rotifer of even greater interest, which 

 was busy among the Cryptomonads, was the Brachion, 

 or "Pitcher Rotifer," (Brachionus.) The members 



