By J. Green. 
WATER- MITES, 
Until the late Mr. Saville Kent commenced an exhaustive study of Water-mites in 1860, the life histories of these brilliant atoms of 
pond life were very little known. Unfortunately, Mr. Saville Kent was never able to complete his researches; but his note-books 
contain numbers of beautiful drawings of these most vividly coloured creatures. From these books we have been permitted to choose 
humerous examples of Water-mites for this plate. 
