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Strombidium viride Stein was found in small numbers in January— 
March, 1899, at minimum temperatures. 
Siylonychia mytilus (O. F. Mull.) Ehrbg. was found in the plankton 
sparingly from September to February, and once in June. 
Tintinnidium fluviatile Stein.—Average number, 22,590 or 1,640,- 
192*. This species is somewhat sharply limited to the warmer 
months in its seasonal distribution. In 1898 (Table I.) it makes its 
appearance April 4 at 49°, reaches a maximum of 720,000 May 3 at 
60°, and has three decreasing pulses; one of 104,000 on June 14 at 80°, 
one of 95,200 on August 2 at 79°, and one of 22,400 on September 27 
at 73°, and disappears from the plankton October 18 at 52°. The 
records in previous years are more irregular, though traces of vernal 
and midsummer pulses can be found in the records. Filter-paper 
catches indicate that only one in eighty of this species is retained by 
the silk. They also locate the pulses as approximately coincident 
with those of the silk collections. 
Apstein (96) finds Tintinmidium to be a spring planktont with 
its maximum in April in Lake Pl6n, while Seligo (’00) finds it in lakes 
near Danzig in the autumn, with a maximum in September. In our 
own waters in 1896 the autumnal pulse in August-September exceeds 
the vernal one. 
The gelatinous lorica of this species is subject to great variation in 
its size and proportions, and especially in the region about the aper- 
ture. A somewhat thimble-shaped form was described by Hempel 
(96) as T.2llinotsensts, the specific distinctions being based wholly on 
the lorica. This form intergrades with the typical lorica of T. 
fluviatile Stein, and should not in my opinion be given specific rank. 
Trachelius ovum Ehrbg.—Average number in 1895, 847. This 
species did not occur in 1898 but was rather common in November-— 
December, 1895, reaching a maximum of 10,695 on December 4 at 
32.5°. Isolated appearances in small numbers in December and 
January of other years have been recorded. In our waters it is thus 
a winter planktont. Stagnation conditions under the ice were 
approaching (Pt. I., Pl. XLIII.) when the pulse of 1895 occurred in 
the Illinois River. Apstein (’96) found it, however, in Lake Plon with 
a maximum in May—June, disappearing in the summer and returning 
again in November. 
Trichodina pediculus Ehrbg.—Average number, 1; in 1897, 874. 
This species is normally found upon Hydra, on the gills and skin of 
