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appearance at the time of division, but they were always in a 

 " resting " state, and presented no appearance suggesting that 

 they initiated or took an active part in division. 



Division, whether affecting only a small portion of the animal, 

 or one-third or one half, appeared to be always of the same simple 



P'ehmpxa 2^a^us(ris extruding Cypris-sheO., with production of acute whip- 

 like pseudopodia. A, hyaline connecting strand ; B, granular do. ; 

 C, pseudopodium in the act of retraction ; Ct/., C^^r^s-shell. 



clmracter, and generally to be induced by unfavourable 

 conditions, such as drying-up of the liquid surrounding the 

 animal ; the fragments form perfect individuals in quite a short 

 time, and obviously several small individuals would have a better 



