Cnar. XVIL] UTRICULARIA CLANDESTINA. 347 
but it appears to be lined with quadrifid processes. A vast number 
of captured animals were found within the bladders; some being 
crustaceans, but the greater number delicate, elongated larve, I sup- 
pose of Culicide. On some stems, “ fully nine out of every ten bladders 
contained these larve or their remains.” The larva “showed signs 
of life from twenty-four to thirty-six hours after being imprisoned,” 
and then perished. 
