THE "MYCETOZOA, 



And some Questions which they Suggest. 



WE are desirous to make known some small 

 friends of ours to those who are hitherto 

 unacquainted with them ; but we are embarrassed as to 

 how to introduce them by what name to present 

 them. It is true that they bear several names derived 

 from the Greek language, Mycetozoa, Myxomycetes, 

 Myxogastres, Myxothallophyta, but these are not 

 familiar words. In German these organisms bear a 

 name which has been translated into English, but it 

 is so repulsive that we would willingly suppress it if 

 we could, just as one would not like to introduce a 

 charming girl to strangers by some name of a distinctly 

 disagreeable suggestion : 



" A name ? if the party had a voice, 

 What mortal would be a Bugg by choice ? 

 As a Hogg, a Grubb, or a Chubb rejoice ? " 



And so what beautiful little thing would, if it had a 



