350 Miscellaneous. 



Figs. 13 H, 14 II, and 15 II. Three figures copied from the plate accom- 

 panying Professor Huxley's paper; described as " Cyatholiths 

 trom the Atlantic Mud." The central corpuscle with its clear 

 space, a, in the centre is shown in tigs. 13 and 14. The " granular 

 zone," g :, is shown in fig. 15. 



Fig. 16 represents a two-celled or chambered coccosphere — being appa- 

 rently the first stage in the formation of the coccolith-covered 

 Texiularia' and Itotalice which have been described by me in 

 former papers, and of which mounted specimens are extant. 



Fig, 17. A coccoiith of C. Carterii as seen in preser\ed specimens, an 

 aggregation of gianules bein^ observable around the stem be- 

 tween the outer and inner disks, the so-called " granular zone " 

 of authors. 



Fig. 18. Sporangium of a protophyte from Bengal, probably allied to 

 AnkistrodesmuA : a. the globular colourless and transparent 

 sporangial cell ; bbb, the kidney-shaped fronds of same. These 

 never have ajlagellurn or cilia, and are not zoospores. 



N.B. In tigs, o, 7, and 11 U the letters indicate the same 

 portions of the structure. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



On Anguillula intestinalis, a new Nematoid Worm, found by Dr. 

 Normand in subjects attacked by Diarrhcea of Cochin China. By 



M. liAVAT. 



In the post mortem examination of a man who died of diarrhoea 

 of Cochin China, Dr. Xormand found a very small worm, which he 

 sent to me as distinct from my AncjuilM.a stercorcdis*, which, how- 

 ever, was associated with it in the intestine. Having subsequently 

 met with it in four other cases, I have ascertained that it is really 

 distinct ; and I think it useful to give a description of it. 



I have been unable in this Xematoid to distinguish the arrange- 

 ment of the muscular bands ; and although I have examined more 

 than two hundred individuals, I have never seen any spicula ; hence 

 it is impossible at present to fix its position in the modern classifi- 

 cations, such as that of Schneider. I shall therefore give it provi- 

 sionally the generic name of Aiiguillula [sensu latiori), and distin- 

 guish it bj' the specific name intestinalis. 



Length of the adult 2-200 millim. 



Average breadth 0-034 „ 



Thus Anguillula intestinalis, with a less average breadth than that 

 • See Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii. p. 507. 



