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produced, which is one of the best distinctions of the species, as this 
is, perhaps, the only case (Weismann ’76-’79). The first generation, 
springing from the winter eggs (impregnated eggs), is composed solely 
of females which reproduce parthenogenetically; the second brood 
contains sexual males and females, thus completing the cyclus. 
To the above, which is reproduced with a few verbal changes from 
the first edition, it may be added that the interesting genus Moina- 
daphnia, found in Alabama, makes the transition toward the genus 
Daphnia and its immediate allies complete. It should not be over- 
looked that there are several forms of Moina which have the anasto- 
mosing striz upon the shell which is characteristic of Simocephalus, 
while the ephippium has the characteristic hexagonal marking of 
Ceriodaphnia. The synonomy of the genus is uncertain, and there is 
no doubt that several authors have confused more than one species 
under a single name. 
The following artificial key may assist in placing the species, but 
should not be too mechanically relied upon. 
KEY TO THE GENUS MOINA. 
I. Shell not sculptured or simply dotted. 
A. Spines of the abdomen fewer than nine. . . micrura [not described. ] 
B. Spines of the abdomen nine or more. 
a. Claw with a basal series of strong spines externally. . 
* Ephippium with two eggs, shell reticulate. . . brachiata, 162 
** Ephippium with one egg, shell smooth. . . rectirostris, 163 
b. Claw with a basal series of fine hairs externally and a 
continuous series of the like internally. 
fischeri, 165; paradoxa, 164 
II. Shell more or less covered by anastomosing striz. 
A. Claws smooth. o! Sy Node doe samme propingqua, 165 
B. Claws with teeth, . . . . Jilljeborgi [not described in the text.] 
[Not noticed in the key: azorica, 165; salina, 166; banffyi, 166] 
Moina brachiata Jurine. 
PLATES XX XIX, Fias. 5-8; XLIII, Fras. 1, 2. 
Jurine ’20 (Monoculus brachiatus); Straus-Durckheim ’19-’20 (Daphnia macrocopus); 
Zaddach ’44 (Daphnia brachiata); Lievin ’48 (Daphina brachiata); Baird 50; 
Leydig ’60 (Daphnia brachiata); P. E. Mueller ’68; Uljanin ’75!; Kurz, 74; Hel- 
lich ’77; Schoedler ’77; Birge ’78 and ’91; Herrick ’82 and ’84; Richard ’88?; 
Lund ’70-’71. 
It is quite certain that the above bibliography includes several in- 
stances where the name M. brachiata is applied to other species or to 
include several species, but it seems best to place all in evidence. 
