THE AMERICAN 



MONTHLY 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL 



Vol. XIII. 



AUGUST, 1892. 



No. 8. 



CONTENTS. 



Radiolaiia : Their Life-Histoiy 

 and Their Classification. — 

 Carter (Illustrated) - - -177 



A Simple Refractonieter.-O'CoN- 

 NOR -iSi 



Diatotns of the Connecticut 

 Shore. — I— Terry - - - . 1S5 



Editorial. — Microscopy is a 

 Science. The Microscope 

 and a Hair ------- icp 



Microscopical ArrAUATUs. — 

 A Convenient Sterilizer (Illus- 



trated). Zentmayer's Ameri- 

 can-Continental Stand (Illus- 

 trated). A Microtome for 50 

 cents -.-- IQ2 



Microscopical Manipulation. 

 — Examination of Cements. 

 MountingTrichinte. Gum for 

 Slide Labels ------ 195 



Cokrespondence ----- 19S 



Microscopical Societies. — 

 Lincoln. Nyack ----- igS 



Notices of Books. — Zimmer- 

 man n. Paquin ----- 200 



Badiolaria : Their Life-History and Their Classification. 



By Rev. FRED'K B. CARTER, 



MONTCLAIR, N. J. 



{^Continued from page i4S-'\ 



We come now to the 



Classification. 



Let me say at the outset that it is not my aim to be strictly ac- 

 curate. While the scheme is taken from Haeckel it omits many 

 points given by him and will not serve to distinguish the forms in 

 all cases. No one can be more conscious of its deficiencies than 

 myself, and I shall be only too glad to have any one improve 

 upon it. At the same time I believe that it is correct as far as it 



