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foot of the male is furnislied with a long bristle; the lower shell 

 margins are more bristly than in the previous forms; the ephip- 

 pium has two cavities, while the seminal bodies are crescent-shaped. 



Sp. 3. — Moina micrura, Kurz. 



This form may be of specific value, but it is not sufficiently dis- 

 tinguished to make this certain. As described by Kurz, it seems to 

 he smaller (1 mm.) and most to resemble M. paradoxa, which was 

 not at that time described. The post-abdomen is short and has few 

 (6) spines, while the terminal claws are short and smooth; the 

 head has a sinus above the eyes; the eyes are smaller, with, numer- 

 ous lenses; the antennules are shorter (?) than in M. rectirostris; 

 the mandibles are partly exposed, while the shell margin overlying 

 is notched. Males and ephippial females were not observed. Not 

 •distinguished in America. 



II. — Genus Ceriodaphn"ia, Dana. 



The genus Ceriodaphnia is the successor to Moina, which some 

 species greatly resemble; the post-abdomen, however, is shorter 

 and has a habitus resembling Daphnia; the antennae are smaller, 

 and the shell is thick and coarsely reticulated. 



Ceriodaphuia has the same general mode of life as Moina, living 

 in muddy pools in late summer and bearing numerous broods 

 which often greatly extend the brood cavity. The antennules are 

 shorter but have a similar form; the male antennae show a transi- 

 tion in the various species from forms adapted for prehension to 

 such as are found in Daphnia. The brood cavity is closed by two 

 ridges on the abdomen instead of one, as in Moina, or three, as in 

 Daphnia. 



The ephippium contains but a single ovum. In general, the 

 form is oval or quadrate, angled but not spined posteriorly; head 

 separated from the body by a deep depression; pigment fleck pres- 

 ent; beak absent; antennules moveable, rather short; antennae with 

 the three- jointed ramus with five setae; first foot of the male with 

 a hook or flagellum. 



The members of this genus are danger signals from a hygienic 

 point of view, for they frequent water containing decaying matter; 

 as many as 1,400 were counted in a single quart of such water. 

 The genus is particularly perplexing, as the varieties named seem 

 to be hardly entitled to specific rank and are so similar as to re. 

 quire great care to properly distinguish. 



