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Section B. — Genera with Apeetuees at both Ends 



OF the Test. 



SJiepJieardella^ Siddall. 



Test hyaline, elongate, tubular, cylindrical or 

 flattened, ends slightly tapering towards the aper- 

 tures. Nucleus large and complex. 



Example. — S. tceniforfnis, Siddall, ' Quart. Journ. 

 Micr. Sci.,' N.S., vol. xx. 1880, p. 131, pi. xv. 

 Habitat, marine, in shore pools, on marine algse. 

 (Plate 1, fig. E.) 



Ainpliitrema, Aechee. 



Test more or less covered by foreign arenaceous 

 particles ; apertures at opposite ends of the test and 

 provided wdth a rimlike neck, giving of! two tufts of 

 elongate, linear, branched, pellucid pseudopodia. 



Example. — A. Wrightiaimm, Archer, ' Quart. 

 Journ. Micr. Sci.,' N.S., vol. x. 1870, p. 122, pi. xx. 

 figs. 4, 5. Habitat, fresh water, in boggy places, 

 Ireland. Length of test about '05 mm. (Plate 1, 

 fig. E.) 



Genera sometimes referred to the Geomiid.e : 

 Protogenes (by Claus) ; Lagjjnis (by Carpenter). 



