Microscopical Essays. 



106.. Kolpoda Meleagris. 



Eolpoda mutaBilis antice uncinata, poftice complicata. 

 Changeable, v/ith the fore-part like a hook, the hind-part folded 

 up. Fig. 22, Plate XXV. 



A moll fmgular animal culum, of the larger fpecies ; it has a 

 dilated membrane, with the fineft folds, which it varies and bends 

 in a moment ; the fore-part of the body to the middle is clear and 

 bright,, the hind-part varioufly folded in tranfverfe elevated plaits,, 

 and full of molecules ; the apex turned into a hook, the margin 

 fmuous, and beneath the apex denticulated with three or four 

 teeth ; or in fome which are more beautifully wrought, the edge 

 is obtufely notched, and fet with ftill fmaller notches; in the 

 hind-part there are twelve or more equal pellucid globules. It 

 moves fometimes in a ft rait, fometimes in a crooked line. Fig.. 

 22, Plate XXV. a the hooked apex, b the denticulated margin, 

 0 the feries- of. globules, d'the folded part at. bottom., 



1.07=.. Kolpoda Aliimilis. 



Kolpoda depreffa, non plicatilis apice uncinate, margine am 

 tico ad medium, ufque crenulato poftice, dilatato acutiulculo. 

 Kolpoda depreffed, the apex turned in the form of a fmall hook, 

 the margin of the fore-part notched from the top to the middle, 

 the lower part fwells out, then diminifhes again into a fhort point,. 

 It is never folded like the foregoing ; it has an elliptic mafs-in the 

 middle. It was found on the fea-coafh . 



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