Till: ROTIFERS. 





popularly supposed to be " a horse-hair come to life." 'I 

 occt|r tied up in a " Gordian knot" at the bottom <>f pools. 





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Fro. 66.— Trichina 



vsti-.l iii hu- 

 man in iiBcle. 

 Greatly magni- 

 fied. 



Fig .">•; The Eair w 



K natural »i/..-; /. einl 

 of b ■ . I > of ■/. aquaticus; 

 ll. i; r art us. Much 

 enlarge I 



ria c, ciliated fla] 

 wheels; < . m 



di^-. - 



fa, Highly in 



The) live as parasites in the bo I grasshop] rick- 



ets, beetles, etc. 



Cl lss 1 1 1. — K'U \ tori \ i Roli/i 



General Characters of Rotifers. —The Rotifers, or wheel- 

 aniinalcnles, are abundant in standing water, in damp 

 moss, etc, and in the ocean, and are so transparent that 



