CHAPTER IX. 



SEPTEMBER. 



MICROSCOPIC VALUE OF LITTLE POOLS— CURIOUS FACTS IN 

 APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ANIMALCULES AND 

 ROTIFERS-MODE OF PRESERVING THEM IN A GLASS JAR- 

 FRAGMENTS OF MELICERTA TUBE— PECULIAR SHAPE OF 

 PELLETS-AMPHILEPTUS-SCARIDIUM LONGICAUDUM— A LONG 

 TAILED ROTIFER-STEPHONOCEROS EICHORNII— A SPLENDID 

 ROTIFER— ITS GELATINOUS BOTTLE— ITS CROWN OF TEN- 

 TACLES—RETREATS ON ALARM— ILLUMINATION REQUISITE 

 TO SEE ITS BEAUTIES— ITS GREEDINESS— RICHLY- COLOURED 

 FOOD— NERVOUS GANGLIA. 



