Guascott—A List of some of the Rotifera of Ireland. (hes 
The following additional species were found in the summer 
of 1892 :— 
Notops forcipita, sp. nov. 
[Pl. VI. fig 5. ] 
Sp. Ch.—Body stout; dorsum rounded, ventral surface flat ; 
head bent downward ; disc an obtuse cone, ciliary wreath simple ; 
eyes two; trophi forcipate ; foot ventral, withdrawn ; toes two. 
This species resembles VV. hyptopus both in general outline and 
in internal structure, but is of much smaller size and is at once: 
distinguished by the possession of two tiny dark red eyes, which 
are placed close together in a little socket upon the surface of, and 
almost in the centre of the disc,.which bulges forward; the great 
size of the forcipate trophi is also remarkable; they occupy almost 
half the entire length of the body, their tips approaching the 
margin of the dise toward the ventral side. The head is con- 
tinually withdrawn into a stiff fold of the integument, which is 
deeply and widely scolloped on the margin, these gaps being then 
closed and their edges brought together. There is a depression at 
either side of the rounded dorsum from whence the body again 
bulges out. The foot is quite ventral in position and nearly 
always withdrawn ; the toes are moderately long, widest from the 
vertical aspect, straight, and pointed; they are invariably directed 
forward under the body. 
Its manners are lively, busily nibbling at everything that 
comes in its way. Length from 5}, to 74; of an inch. 
Habitat.—Several from a bog, Co. Wexford. 
Notommata lucens, sp. nov. 
[Pl. VI. fig. 6.] 
Sp. Ch.—Body cylindric, tapering from a broad head to the 
foot, hyaline; foot conspicuous, of one or two joints; toes slender, 
pointed, adpressed; head wide, auricles small; brain large; eye 
conspicuous; trophi forcipate, very large ; disc prone. 
This very attractive species is at once distinguished by the 
enormous size of the head and trophi, which together measure 
fully half its entire length, and from behind which the body » 
rapidly diminishes to the foot. The disc is quite prone, and 
