336 
IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vol. XXIV, 1917 
basis of miscible and anastomosing pseudopodia. However, 
neither of the specimens under my observation exhibited this 
character. The first one found was the typical brilliant orange 
red, as described by Leidy, extremely small and active. With 
a thread siphon it was kept moist and under observation for a 
day, but its minute size precluded its transfer to another slide, 
and when its travels during the night took it under a pile of 
debris it was hopelessly lost. The second Specimen was clear 
