174 A NEW ROTIFKR. 



The male of this Melicertan was observed. It is small 

 and similar in shape to others of the type. The body is 

 long, narrow, terminating in a short foot. The head is 

 truncated, surrounded b}' stout cilia, has two eyes placed 

 wide apart : a large nerve ganglion fills the head sending 

 threads towards the foot. In the chest is a large clear 

 space, one third the length of the body. Close to this 

 arises a large dark testicular gland filled with spermatozoa, 

 and reaching nearly to the foot. In the foot two large 

 mucous glands lie side by side. 



The eggs are oval, and filled with granular matter, and 

 colonies die down at the approach of winter. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Meliferia ringens W. C. Williamson, Quart. Jour., Micros Soc, 1853. 

 „ „ H. P. Gosse, ibid. 



Bedwell, ibid., 1878, p. I7G. 



