NATURAL HISTORY, TORONTO REGION’ 
Fredericella sultana (Blumenbach)—Bond Lake. 
Plumatella repens (L.)—High Park, Don. 
i emarginata Allman—Etobicoke. 
punctata Hancock—Georgian Bay.* 
Cristatella mucedo Cuvier—Georgian Bay.* 
Pectinatella magnifica (Leidy)—Humber (Osler). 
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RotiFera. 
The wheel-animaleules are favourite objects of 
study for the naturalist with a microscope. Jennings 
has listed 164 species as occurring in the Great 
Lakes. Lake Ontario has been scarcely touched. 
Bovell notices the following from the Humber 
and Island Ponds,— 
Megalotrocha alboflavicans Ehrenb. 
Floscularia ornata Ehrenb. 
Rotifer vulgaris Schrank. 
Acheson lists from tap-water,— 
Anuraea stipata Ehrenb. 
Brachionus sp. 
NEMATELMINTHES. 
The round or thread worms are to be found as 
internal parasites of practically all our vertebrates, 
including man himself. Many forms also occur in 
water or in moist earth. 
Anguillula fluviatilis—Tap-water (Acheson). 
Ascaris microcephala Rud. ?—in Bittern (Wright). 
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