Microscopical Essays. 



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Gelatinous, mutable, and thick, the apex bright, the reft of 

 the body crammed with an innumerable quantity of little fphe- 

 rules. It is fometimes drawn up into an orbicular fhape, at other 

 times one edge is finuated. It was found in fait water. 



162. Leucophra Notata. 



Leucophra ovata, teres, pun&o marginali atro. Oval leuco- 

 phra, round, with a black point at the edge. 



163. Leucophra Candida. 



Leucophra hyalina, oblonga, altera extremitate attenuata, 

 curvata. Leucophra of a talcy appearance, oblong, one end 

 fmaller than the other, and bent back. 



The body membranaceous, flat, very white, with no vifible in- 

 terlines, if we except two oval bodies which are with difficulty 

 perceived; the whole edge is ciliated. Found in an infuhon of 

 -fait water* 



164. Leucophra Nodulata. 



Leucophra ovato-oblonga, depreffa, ferie nodulorum rduplick 

 An oblong oval fpecies of leucophra, with a double, row of little 

 nodules, . 



365. -Lea*,- 



