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VI. 
A LIST OF SOME OF THE ROTIFERA OF IRELAND, By 
MISS L. 8S. GLASCOTT. Puarss III. tro VII. 
[COMMUNICATED BY PROFESSOR HADDON. | 
[Read Aprit 20; Received for Publication Aveust, 1892; Published Marcu 25, 1893. ] 
PREFATORY REMARKS. 
Tne following list of Irish Rotifera is the result of but six months 
research, from May to October in 1891. The number of rare and 
new species obtained during this short period points to the con- 
clusion that the Rotifera are well represented in this country, and 
I have been induced to publish this list, imperfect as it is, in the 
hope that it may lead other observers to study the group. 
Thanks to the beautiful monograph of “ The Rotifera or 
Wheel-animalcules,” by Dr. C. T. Hudson, and the late Mr. P. 
H. Gosse, F.RS8., the labour of studying Rotifera is reduced to a 
minimum. In this paper I have enumerated my captures in the 
same order as that given in the Monograph, and to facilitate refer- 
ence I have given in brackets the page, plate, and figure where 
each species is described and figured in that Monograph. With 
respect to the new species, it is hoped that sufficient details are 
given to permit of their recognition should they be met with by 
others who may have better opportunity to submit them to closer 
scientific examination. The roughness of the accompanying 
sketches, which I have endeavoured to make of them, demand an 
apology, but my ignorance of the art of drawing must be my 
excuse. 
In conclusion, I-wish to offer my best thanks to Professor 
Haddon, of Dublin, at whose suggestion I took up the study of this 
interesting group, and without whose kind encouragement and 
ready help this list would not be now forthcoming ; also to Mr. 
@. Rousselet, F.R.M.S., London, to whom I am indebted for 
much valuable advice with regard to the best means of capturing 
