62 Verm. 
XV. VEllMES. 
Gastroscliiza : remarks on genus; JagerskiOld, t. c., Bergendal, t. c. 
JagerskiOld recognises 5 species, and gives their synonyms, [see 
Bipalpus], 
Gastrotricha : relationship to Rotifers discussed ; Wagner, Biol. 
Centralbl. xiii, pp. 223-238. Three species in Holstein lakes ; Zacha- 
Rias (208). 
( Hudson el l a ), n. g. with (//. picta ), n. sp., Zaciiarias, t. c., = Notops 
pygmanis , Calm. ; Rousselet, J. R. Micr. Soc. pp. 444-449, Wier- 
zejski & Zaciiarias, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lvi. The latter would, 
however, make the species the type of a separate genus, and suggests 
that the Notops ruber of Hood may be the same species. 
Lacinidaria megalotrocha and racemovata , n. spp., Singapore and China ; 
Thorpe, J. R. Micr. Soc. pp. 149 & 150. 
Maxtigocera capucina , n. sp., ( $ only), Holsteiu ; Zaciiarias, Biol. 
Centralbl. xiii, and Wierzejski & Zaciiarias, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lvi, 
p. 242. M. (hudsoni), n. sp., Rhine ; Lauterborn, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 
vii, p. 206, and Yerh. Yer. Heidelb. v., = M. capucina , W. & Z. ; 
Wierzejski & Zaciiarias, t. c. M. cylindrical Imh. ?, Rhine, p. 264, 
M. setifera , n. sp., or ? the same, Rhine, p. 271 ; Lauterborn, Zool. 
Jahrb. Syst. vii. M. brachydactyla , n. sp., Ireland ; Glascott, P. 
Dublin Soc. viii, p. 64. 
Alegalocephala procera and spinosa , n. spp., China, Thorpe, t. c. p. 150. 
Melicerta janus, in Alpine Lakes ; Imiiof, Biol. Centralbl. xiii, p. 007. 
Metopidea par vula, n. sp., Epping Forest, Bryce, J. Quekett Club, v, 
p. 284. 
Monostyla ovata , n.sp., Yellowstone Lake, Forbes, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, 
xi, p. 256. ilf. n. sp., in Rhone region, Imiiof, Arch. Sci. Nat. xxix, 
p. 649. M. lamelluta , n. sp., between Danube and Theiss, Daday, 
Math. term. Ertes. Magyar Ak. xii, p. 40. 
Microdon ? robustus, n. sp., Ireland, Glascott, t. c. p. 40. 
Notholca hoodi, n. sp., marine, Westport, Ireland, Western, J. Quekott 
Club, v, p. 158. M. scaplia , Gr. (for the first time in fresh water), 
and N. labis } Gr., in Alpine lakes; Imiiof, Biol. Centralbl. xiii. 
Notommata volitans , cylindriformis , laroiformis, and rubra , pp. 47-86, 
N. lucens and N. gigantea , pp. 79 & 80, n. spp., Ireland, Geascott, 
P. Dublin Soc. viii. 
Notops lotos , n. sp., China, Thorpe, t. c. p. 152. N. forcipata , n. sp., 
p. 79, and N. ? quadrangularis , n. sp., p. 43, Ireland ; Glascott, 
t. c. N. pygmaeus , Calm., Dundee, description ; Rousselet, J. R. 
Micr. Soc. p. 446 [see also Hudsonella']. 
* Octotrocha , n. g., with O. speciosa, n. sp., China ; Thorpe, t. c. p. 146. 
Oecistes brevis, n.sp., Scottish lakes, Rousselet, t. c. p.448. O. sp. F, 
Tugwell, Sci. Gossip, p. 130. 
Pedalion fennicum, Lev., remarks on species by Dr. Hudson ; Levander, 
(145) : figured and remarked on by Calman, Ann. Nat. Hist, 
p. 332. 
Philodinidce : summary of knowledge of the family ; Janson (132). 
