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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VIII. 



THE FLOSCULARIA PROBOSCIDEA, OR HORNED 

 FLOSCULARIA. 



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This species of Flower-shaped Animalcule has a ciliated proboscis, or 

 horn, (a), surrounded by the rotatory organs, which are furnished, with 

 short cilia. In this example the animal is fully extended ; the jaws are 

 distinctly seen ; the stomach filled with food, and one egg within the 

 sheath, are also visible. 



