EUGLYPHA FILIFERA. 27 



Test small, elongate oviform, slightly compressed ; 

 the lateral margins and crown furnished with a few 

 long, acicular spines arranged in a single, or rarely a 

 double, row at regular distances, attached to the test 

 by small hemispherical nodules; aperture circular, 

 bordered by eight finely-serrated scales ; body-scales 

 oval ; nucleus large, containing several nucleoles ; 

 plasma and pseudopodia normal. 



Length 65-70 ju,; breadth 25-36 ju,; thickness 0-6 to 

 0"8 of the breadth ; aperture 10-14 fx. ; length of spines 

 13-23 ju. ; body-scales 9-10 [x long, 4*6-5 ju- wide. 



117 118 119 





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Pigs. 117-119.— Sughjv'hie figured by Perty (Kennt. kleinst. Lebensf.)- 

 117, E.fiUfera (setig'era Perty) ; 118, E. liems Perty ; 119, E. ciliata 

 (setigera Perty). 



Habitat. — Sphagnum and submerged vegetation. 



England. — Cumberland and Lancashire (Broum); 

 Yorkshire ; Derbyshire (Broivn) ; Bedfordshire ; Isle 

 of Wight ; Devonshire. 



Wales.— Cader Idris, Merionethshire (Gash). 



Scotland.— Shetlands ; St. Kilda (Outer Hebrides), 

 Inverness-shire, Elginshire, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire, 

 Argyllshire, Isle of May, Ayrshire, and Wigtownshire 

 (Brotvn). 



I liEL AND. —Armagh ; Clare Island and mainland, 

 Mayo; Galway; Kerry. 



The spines, which are generally arranged in a single 

 row, may be either solitary, and usually 6 to 10 in 

 number, or in pairs and even in tufts of 3 or 4; 

 in Europe the disposal of the spines in a double row 

 is rare, but in North America it is not uncommon. 



