5 Prot. 
PROTOZOA. 
Cattaneo, Giac. Fissazione, colorazione e conservazione degli Infu- 
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Fol, H. [seo Ciliata ] employs perchloride of iron for preserving Infu- 
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Gilliatt, H., P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. viii., p. 383, and Kellicott, D. S., 
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MONERA. 
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Vampyrella helioproteus , sp. n., among confervas, near Utrecht, one stage 
“ Heliozoa form,” another discoid Amceba- form creeping without change 
of form. [Cy. J. R. Micr. Soc. (2) iii. p. 380.] 
RHIZOPODA. 
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Syringammina fragilissima , g. & sp. nn. Test consisting of a rounded 
mass of branching, inosculating, unequal tubes ; walls very fragile, com- 
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Consisting of an introduction, description of genus and species, and 
a concluding summary, with a study of the theory of descent. The 
following are described and figured: — Orbitolites tenuissima , Carp., 0. 
marginalis , Lam., 0. duplex , sp. n. (= A. hemprichi , Ehr.), 0. complan- 
ata , Lam. 
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A supplement to former studies on the evolution of the genus Orbito- 
lites. A new form ( Orbitolites tenuissima , sp, n.), dredged from 1500 
