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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE V, 



THE MELICERTA, OR HONEY FLOSCULARIA. 

 ( PAGE 59. ) 



[The Figures highly magnified .] 



FIG. 1. The jaws and teeth of the Melicerta, very highly magnified, 

 (copied from Ehrenberg). 



FIG. 2. A very young individual of the Beaded Melicerta, (M. rinyens), 

 with two rows of corpuscles on the sheath, coloured by 

 carmine. 



FIG. 3. The same animalcule in an earlier stage, with only one ring of 

 corpuscles on the sheath, or case. 



FIG. 4. The adult Melicerta, with the rotatory organs fully expanded. 



FIG. 5. The individual figured above, (figs. 2 and 3), in a more advanced 

 stage. The granular case consists of several rows of corpus- 

 cles, of which the two upper and lower rows are coloured 

 by carmine ; p. 60. 



FIG. 6. An adult Melicerta ; the body but partially protruded. 



