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REPORT 


OF  THE 


CANADIAN  ARCTIC  EXPEDITION 

1913-18 


VOLUME  VIII:  MOLLUSKS,  ECHINODERMS, 
COELENTERATES,  ETC. 


PART  E:    ROTATORIA 


By  H.  K.  HARKING 


SOUTHERN  PARTY— 1913-19 


OTTAWA 
F.  A.  ACLAND 

PRINTER  TO  THE  KING'S  MOST  EXCELLENT  MAJESTY 
1921 

Issutd  December  31,  1921. 


Report  of  the  Canadian  Arctic  Expedition,  1913-18. 


VOLUME  1:     NARRATIVE  OF  THE  EXPEDITION 

Part  A:    NORTHERN  PAKTY,  U)i:M<.     By  Yilhjalmur  Stefansson... 
PartB:    9QTJTHERN  PARTY,  1W3  !'i.     I'.y  Rudolph  Martin  Anderson 

VOLUME  II:  MAMMALS  AND  BIRDS 


(In  preparation). 
. .  (In  preparation). 


Part  A:   MAMMALS    OF    WESTERN    ARCTIC    AMERICA.      By    Rudolph     Martin    Anderson. 

(In  preparation) 

PartB:   BIRDS  OF  WESTERN  ARCTIC  AMERICA.      By  R.  M.  Anderson  and  P.  A.  Taverner! 

(In  preparation). 

VOLUME  III:    INSECTS 

INTRODUCTION.    By  C.  Gordon  Hewitt . .  (Issued  December  10,  19SO) 

Part  A:   COLLEMBOLA.    By  Justus  W.  Folsom (Issued  July  10,  1919) 

P:irt  B:    NEUROPTEROID  INSECTS.    By  Nathan  Banks (Issued  July  11    1919) 

Part  C:   DIPTERA. 

Crane-flies.    By  Charles  P.  Alexander. 

Mosquitoes.    By  Harrison  G.  Dyar. 

Diptera  (excluding  Tipulidie  Culicidee).    By  J.  R.  Malloch (Issued  July  14,  1919). 

Part  D:  MALLOPHAGA  AND  ANOPLURA. 

Mallophaga.    By  A.  W.  Baker. 

Anoplura.    By  G.  F.  Ferris  and  G.  H.  F.  Nuttall (Issued  September  12,  1919) 

PartE:   COLEOPTERA. 

Forest  Insects,  including  Ipidse,  Cerambycidse,  and  Buprestidae.    By  J.  M.  Swaine. 

Carabidffi  and  Silphidse.    By  H.  C.  Fall. 

Coccinellidoe,  Elateridse,  Chrysomelidse  and  Rhynchophora.  (Excluding  Ipidse.) 

By  C.  W.  Leng. 

Dystiscidse.    By  J.  D.  Sherman,  Jr (Issued  December  18,  1919). 

Part  F:    HEMIPTERA.    By  Edward  P.  VanDuzee . .  (Issued  July  11,  1919). 

Part  G:  HYMENOPTERA  AND  PLANT  GALLS. 

Sawflies.     (Tenthredinoidea).    By  Alex.  D.  MacGillivray. 

Parasitic  Hymcnoptera.    By  Charles  T.  Brues. 

Wasps  and  Bees.    By  F.  W.  L.  Sladen. 

Plant  Galls.    By  E.  Porter  Felt (Issued  November  S,  1919). 

PartH:  SPIDERS,  MITES  AND  MYRIAPODS. 

Spiders.    By  J.  H.  Emerton. 

Mites.    By  Nathan  Banks. 

Myriapods.    By  Ralph  V.  Chamberlin (Issued  July  14,  1919). 

Part  I:     LEPIDOPTERA.    By  Arthur  Gibson (Issued  January  10,  1920). 

Part  J:     ORTHOPTERA.    By  E.  M.  Walker (Issued  September  4,  1920). 

Part  K:  INSECT   LIFE   ON   THE   WESTERN   ARCTIC   COAST   OF  AMERICA.       By    Frits 

Johansen (In  press) 

VOLUME  IV:    BOTANY 

Part  A:   FRESHWATER   ALG.E    AND    FRESHWATER    DIATOMS.      By    Charles   W.    Lowe. 

(In  preparation). 

Part  B:   MARINE  ALG^E.    By  F.  S.  Collins (In  preparation). 

Part  C:   FUNGI.    By  John  Dearness (In  preparation). 

Part  D:  LICHENS.    By  G.  K.  Merrill (In  preparation). 

Part  E:   MOSSES.    By  R.  S.  Williams (Issued  February  8,  1921). 

VOLUME  V:  BOTANY 

Part  A:   VASCULAR  PLANTS.    By  James  M.  Macoun  and  Theo.  Holm (Issued  October  14,  1921} 

PartB:   CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  MORPHOLOGY,  SYNONYMY  AND  GENERAL  DIS- 
TRIBUTION OF  ARCTIC  PLANTS.    By  Theo.  Holm (In  press). 

PartC:    GENERAL  NOTES  ON  ARCTIC  VEGETATION.    By  Frits  Johansen.     (/«  preparation). 

VOLUME  VI:    FISHES,  TUNIC ATES,  ETC. 

Part  A:    FISHES.    By  F.  Johansen (In  preparation). 

Part  B:    ASCIDIANS,  ETC.     By  A.  G.  Huntsman (In  preparation). 

VOLUME  VII:    CRUSTACEA 

Part  A:    DECAPOD  CRUSTACEANS.    By  Mary  J.  Rathburn. . .  . .  (Issued  August  18,  1919) 

Part  B:    SCH1ZOPOD  CRUSTACEANS.    Bv  Waldo  L.  Schmitt (Issued  September  22,  1919). 

Part  C:   CUM ACEA.    By  W.  T.  Caiman (Issued  October  15,  1920). 

Part  D:  ISOPODA.    By  P.  L.  Boone (Issued  November  10,  1920). 

Part  E:   AMPHIPODA.    By  Clarence  R.  Shoemaker (Issued  September  7,  19SO). 

Part  F:    PYCNOGONIDA.    By  Leon  J.  Cole (Issued  January  3,  1921). 

Part  G:  EUPHYLLOPODA.    By  F.  Johansen (In  preparation). 

Part  H:  CLADOCERA.    By  Chancey  Juday (Issued  June  23,  1920). 

Part  I      OSTRACODA.     By  R.  W.  Sharpe (In  preparation). 

Part  J      FRESHWATER  COPEPODA.    By  C.  D  wight  Marsh (Issued  April  81, 1920). 

Part  K    MARINE   COPEPODA.    By  A.  Willey (Issued  June  25,  1920). 

Part  L:    PARASITIC  COPEPODA.    By  Charles  B.  Wilson (Issued  August  6,  1920). 

Part  M:  CIRRTPEDIA.     By  H.  A.  Pilsbury (In  preparation), 


REPORT 


OF  THE 


CANADIAN  ARCTIC  EXPEDITION 

1913-18 


VOLUME  VIII:  MOLLUSKS,  ECHINODERMS, 
COELENTERATES,  ETC. 


PART  E:    ROTATORIA 


By  H.  K.  HARKING 


SOUTHERN  PARTY— 1913-1916 


OTTAWA 
F.  A.  ACLAND 

PRINTER  TO  THE  KING'S  MOST  EXCELLENT  MAJESTY 
1921 

Issied  December  31,  1921 . 


The  Rotatoria  of  the  Canadian  Arctic  Expedition, 

1913-1918. 

By  H.  K.  HARKING, 

Custodian  of  Rotatoria,   U.  S.  National  Museum. 

When  the  Canadian  Arctic  Expedition  was  organized  with  Mr.  James 
Murray  as  oceanographer  and  marine  biologist,  all  students  of  the  rotifers 
looked  forward  to  a  considerable  increase  of  our  knowledge  of  the  group  and 
hoped  for  a  repetition  of  his  success  in  the  Antarctic  as  biologist  of  the  Shackle- 
ton  Expedition.  These  expectations  were  frustrated  through  his  death  following 
the  loss  of  the  Karluk  and  the  career  of  an  enthusiastic  naturalist  'and  tireless 
worker  was  brought  to  an  untimely  end.  No  other  member  of  the  expedition 
was  able  to  make  special  collections  of  rotifers,  but  the  general  plankton  collec- 
tions made  by  the  marine  biologist  of  the  southern  party,  Mr.  Frits  Johansen, 
contained  a  considerable  number  of  rotifers,  which  were  assigned  to  the  writer 
for  a  report.  Some  collections  made  by  Mr.  J.  M.  Jessup  while  serving  on 
the  Alaskan  Boundary  Survey  have  been  included,  as  they  belong  to  the  same 
faunal  area  and  add  somewhat  to  our  scanty  knowledge  of  the  distribution 
of  the  Rotatoria  in  the  Arctic.  Virtually  all  that  we  know  on  this  subject 
is  to  be  found  in  Bergendal's  Zur  Rotatorienfauna  Gronlands  (1892),  and  the 
value  of  this  is  somewhat  minimized  by  his  unfamiliarity  with  the  group  prior 
to  his  visit  to  Greenland. 

While  the  species  reported  on  here  are  not  very  numerous,  64  in  all,  they 
furnish  additional,  even  if  superflous,  evidence  that  climate  is  not  directly  a 
factor  in  rotifer  distribution.  Four  new  species  are  described,  among  which  a 
pelagic  Synchaeta  is  of  special  interest,  as  it  is  an  addition  to  the  extremely 
small  number  of  rotifers  known  to  exist  in  the  open  ocean  in  water  of  normal 
salinity.  The  total  absence  of  the  genus  Brachionus,  so  abundant  elsewhere, 
is  noteworthy;  Bergendal  mentions  two  species  of  this  gemis  from  Greenland, 
but  his  notes  on  these  forms  make  it  somewhat  doubtful  whether  he  really 
found  any  Brachinoids. 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Frank  J.  Myers,  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural 
History,  New  York  City,  for  drawing  the  plates  accompanying  this  report. 

ORDER  PLOIMA. 
FAMILY  NOTOMMATID^E. 

Notommata  copeus  Ehrenberg. 

A  few  specimens  of  this  species  were  collected  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

Notommata  cyrtdpus  Gosse. 

Several  specimens  occurred  in  a  collection  from  a  pond  near  new  Rampart 
House,  at  the  International  Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  made  by  Jessup 
on  June  12,  1911. 

Proales  sordida  Gosse. 

A  few  specimens  in  a  collection  made  by  Johansen  among  mosses  and  algae 
from  a  pond  at  Chantry  island,  Bernard  haitcur,  Eclphin  and  Union  strait, 
on  June  17,  1916. 


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Diaschiza  forficata  (Ehrenberg). 

Diaschiza  caeca  DIXON-NUTTALL  and  FREEMAN,  Journ.  Royal  Micr.  Soc., 
1903,  p.  134,  pi.  4,  fig.  11. 

Abundant  in  a  collection  made  by  Johansen  from  a  pond  on  the  ridge  at 
Bernard  harbour,  on  July  3,  1916. 

Diaschiza  gracilis  (Ehrenberg). 

Common  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  river  bed  at  Bernard  harbour, 
August  16,  1915;  abundant  in  ponds  on  the  ridge  at  Bernard  harbour,  July 
3,  1916.  Both  collections  were  made  by  Johansen. 

Diaschiza  gibba  (Ehrenberg). 

In  a  collection  made  by  Johansen  from  ponds  on  the  ridge  at  Bernard 
harbour,  July  3,  1916,  rare.  In  Jessup's  collections  from  a  muskeg  lake,  28 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  June  25,  1911,  rare;  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911,  few;  lakes 
along  the  International  Boundary,  48  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House, 
July  7,  1911,  few;  pools  at  Fort  Yukon,  May  24,  1912,  rare. 

Dicranophorus  forcipatus  (Miiller). 

Diglena  forcipata  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  50,  pi.  19, 
fig.  2. 

Collected  by  Johansen  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  the  river  bed  at 
Bernard  harbour,  August  16,  1915,  few;  by  Jessup  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911,  few.  The 
trophi  of  these  Arctic  specimens  have  only  five  large,  relatively  blunt,  teeth 
in  each  ramus,  while  the  typical  form  has  eleven  or  twelve.  It  is  possible 
that  they  may  represent  an  undescribed  species ;  the  partly  contracted  material 
was  not  in  such  a  condition  as  to  make  this  clear. 

Encentrum  algente,  new  species. 
Plate  I,  figs.  '1,  2. 

The  body  is  elongate  and  very  slender,  almost  vermiform;  the  integument 
is  soft  and  flexible  and  the  animal  highly  contractile. 

The  head  is  small  and  cylindric,  its  diameter  somewhat  less  than  that 
of  the  abdomen,  from  which  it  is  separated  by  a  slight  constriction  at  the  level 
of  the  gastric  glands.  The  abdomen  is  cylindric  nearly  its  entire  length;  pos- 
teriorly it  is  slightly  reduced  at  its  junction  with  the  foot,  which  has  two  joints 
of  nearly  equal  length.  The  toes  are  short,  about  one  twentieth  of  the  entire 
length,  blade-shaped  and  slightly  decurved,  with  slender,  acute  points. 

The  corona  is  terminal;  the  lateral,  marginal  cilia  are  somewhat  longer 
than  the  rest  and  form  rudimentary  auricles.  The  dorsal  antenna  is  a  small, 
ciliated  pit  in  the  normal  position;  the  lateral  antennae  are  on  the  posterior 
fourth  of  the  abdomen. 

The  trophi  are  forcipate  and  of  a  rather  unusual  type.  The  rami  are  of  the 
normal  lyrate  form,  terminating  in  a  strong,  pointed  tooth;  on  the  inner  edge, 
about  mid-length,  there  is  an  additional  fairly  large,  pointed  tooth.  The 
fulcrum  is  unusually  well  developed,  its  length  being  fully  equal  to  the  length 
of  the  rami.  The  unci  are  aberrant;  a  single,  short  and  robust  tooth,  hinged 
to  the  ramus  at  mid-length  on  a  knob-like  epiphysis,  appears  to  represent  the 
uncus  proper;  it  is  connected  to  the  manubrium  through  a  rather  slender  bar, 
enlarged  at  the  posterior  end,  and  nearly  as  long  as  the  tooth  itself.  The 


Rotatoria  E  5 

manubria  are  long  and  strongly  curved,  so  that  their  posterior  ends  meet  in  the 
median  line.  The  bar  intervening  between  the  uncus  and  manubrium  is  prob- 
ably only  a  local  sclerification  of  the  walls  of  the  mastax,  developed  in  response 
to  a  specialization  of  the  typical  forcipate  trophi.  A  very  similar  structure 
is  found  in  Encentrum  ricciae  Harring;  comparison  may  be  made  with  Encen- 
trum  (  =  Diglena)  hofsteni  de  Beauchamp,  which  shows  a  simpler  stage  of  the 
same  development.  The  unci  and  the  supplementary  piece  are  no  doubt 
closely  joined  to  the  rami,  the  several  pieces  moving  together  virtually  as  a 
unit. 

The  oesophagus  is  long  and  slender.  The  gastric  glands  are  elongate 
oval  and  fairly  large;  they  open  into  the  stomach  very  close  to  the  junction 
with  the  oesophagus.  There  is  no  constriction  between  the  stomach  and 
intestine.  The  ovary  is  fairly  large  and  of  somewhat  irregular  outline.  A 
small  bladder  is  present.  The  foot  glands  are  pyriform  and  rather  small;  no 
mucus  reservoir  is  present. 

The  ganglion  is  elongate  saccate;  no  retrocerebral  organ  or  eyespots  are 
present. 

Total  length  360M;    toes,  22U;    trophi,  52M. 

This  species  was  found  in  abundance  in  a  collection  made  by  Johansen 
among  algae  in  a  brackish  lagoon  west  of  Martin  point,  on  the  arctic  shore  of 
Alaska,  on  July  28,  1914. 

FAMILY  BRAGHIONID^:. 
Platyias  quadricornis  (Ehrenberg). 

Nbteus  quadricornis  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  121. 
pi.  28,  fig.  5. 

A  few  specimens  occurred  in  a  collection  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  80  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  visited  by  Jessup  on  July  11,  1911. 

Keratella  quadrata  (Muller). 

Anuraea  aculeata  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  123,  pi.  29 
%  4. 

This  species  is  widely  distributed  in  the  Arctic;  it  was  found  in  the  follow- 
ing localities:  among  algae  in  a  brackish  lagoon  west  of  Martin  point,  arctic 
Alaska,  July  28,  1914;  in  freshwater  plankton  from  the  lake  south  of  Bernard 
harbour,  November  28,  1915;  May  6  and  7,  -May  21,  and  June  12,  1916;  all 
collections  were  made  by  Johansen.  In  Jessup's  material  it  occurred  in  a 
small  pool  near  the  International  Boundary  line,  lat.  69°  20'  N.,  long.  141°  W., 
July  23,  1912,  and  in  a  slough  of  Old  Crow  river,  near  New  Rampart  House. 

Keratella  cochlearis  (Gosse). 

Anuraea  cochlearis  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  124,  pi. 
29,  fig.  7. 

Not  common  in  the  Arctic;  a  few  specimens  were  collected  by  Johansen 
in  the  lake  south  of  Bernard  harbour,  May  21  and  June  12,  1916;  by  Jessup 
in  a  pool  near  the  Boundary  line,  lat.  69°  20'  N.,  July  23,  1912,  and  in  a  slough 
of  Old  Crow  river,  near  New  Rampart  House,  August  7,  1912. 

Notholca  striata  (Muller). 

This  is  the  most  abundant  and  widely  distributed  rotifer  in  the  Arctic; 
it  was  collected  by  Johansen  in  a  brackish  lagoon  at  Martin  point,  Alaska, 
July  28,  1914;  in  the  river-bed  at  Bernard  harbour,  August  16.  1915;  ponds 

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on  the  ridge  at  Bernard  Harbour,  July  3,  1916;  by  Jessup  in  a  pool  at  White 
Horse,  Yukon  Territory,  June  11,  1911;  pond  near  New  Rampart  House, 
International  Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  June  12,  1911;  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911;  lakes 
on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  10,  1911; 
lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  11, 
1911 ;  small  muddy  pool  near  the  Boundary  line,  25  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  July  17,  1911;  pools  at  Fort  Yukon,  May  24,  1912;  slough  of  Old  Crow 
river,  near  New  Rampart  House,  August  7,  1912. 

Notholca  longispina  (Kellicott). 

Collected  by  Johansen  in  a  brackish  lagoon  west  of  Martin  point,  arctic 
Alaska,  July  28,  1914;  abundant  in  the  lake  south  of  Bernard  harbour,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1915;  February  15,  May  21  and  June  12,  1916. 


FAMILY  EUCHLANHXE. 
Mytilina  ven trails  (Ehrenberg). 

Salpina  macracantha  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  84, 
pi.  22,  fig.  6. 

In  Jessup's  collections  from  a  pond  near  New  Rampart  House,  at  the  Inter- 
national Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  June  12,  1911;  lakes  on  Old 'Crow 
river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911;  lake  48  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  7,  1911. 

Mytilina  mucronata  (Muller). 

Salpina  mucronata  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  83,  pi.  22, 
fig.  1. 

A  few  specimens  collected  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911. 

Euchlanis  dilatata  Ehrenberg. 

This  species  does  not  appear  to  be  common  in  the  Arctic;  it  was  collected 
by  Johansen  among  algae  growijig  on  stones  in  the  river  at  Bernard  harbour, 
on  August  16,  1915,  and  in  a  pond  at  Chantry  Island,  Bernard  harbour,  on 
June  17,  1916;  in  Jessup's  material  it  occurred  in  fair  numbers  in  a  collection 
from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House, 
on  July  11,  1911. 

Euchlanis  pellucida,  new  species. 

Plate  2,  figs.  1-5. 

The  , corona  agrees  with  that  of  other  species  of  the  genus.  The  body  is 
(teiradiate  in  cross  section  and  has  a  high  dorsal  keel  and  broad,  lateral,  wing- 
Lke  expansions.  The  ventral  plate  is  nearly  circular,  slightly  constricted 
anteriorly  at  the  opening  for  the  head;  it  is  joined  directly  to  the  lateral  plates 
without  the  intervention  of  a  longitudinal  sulcus  as  in  other  species  of  the 
genus.  The  foot  is  obscurely  two-jointed;  two  long  setae  project  from  the 
dorsal  side  of  the  first  foot  joint.  The  toes  are  long,  slender  and  nearly  straight, 
slightly  enlarged  posteriorly,  and  end  in  rather  blunt  points;  their  length  is 
more,  than  one  fifth  of  the  length  of  the  body. 


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The  dorsal  antenna  is  very  large  in  diameter  and  obliquely  truncate; 
it  bears  a  small  tuft  of  sensory  setae  in  a  shallow,  central  depression.  The 
lateral  antennae  are  in  the  normal  position. 

The  mastax,  stomach,  intestine,  ovary  and  bladder  are  normal.  The  large 
retrocerebral  sac  is  slightly  opaque  at  the  posterior  end  and  without  any  median 
notch. 

The  width  of  the  median  and  lateral  ribs  or  keels  is  variable,  as  shown  in 
figs.  3-5,  plate  2.  The  lateral  ribs  usually  project  straight  out  from  the  body 
or  slightly  downwards;  the  form  with  strongly  upcurved  ribs  is  not  common. 

Total  length  500-800M;  length  of  lorica,  300-480^;  width  of  lorica,  270- 
430M;  length  of  toes  90-140M. 

This  species  has  been  known  to  the  writer  for  some  time  from  many  locali- 
ties in  the  United  States;  it  was  collected  by  President  Birge,  of  the  University 
of  Wisconsin,  and  Mr.  Juday,  of  the  Wisconsin  Geological  and  Natural  History 
Survey,  in  ponds  and  bayous  of  the  Mississippi  river  in  southern  Louisiana; 
by  Mr.  Frank  J.  Myers,  around  Atlantic  City,  New  Jersey,  and  in  Polk  county, 
Florida;  by  Mr.  Myers  and  the  writer  in  sphagnum  bogs  and  ponds  throughout 
Vilas  and  Oneida  counties,  Wisconsin.  It  was  common  in  a  collection  made 
by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  3,  1911.  The  presence  of  this  species  in  the  Arctic  is  of  no  special 
significance,  as  the  collections  listed  above  show  that  it  is  widely  distributed; 
it  seems,  however,  to  be  limited  to  regions  with  very  soft,  non-calcareous  waters, 
where  it  often  occurs  in  great  abundance. 

Euchlanis  pellucida  looks  superficially  very  much  like  E.  triquetra,  but 
it  is  considerably  larger  and  readily  distinguished  from  the  latter  by  the  absence 
of  the  lateral  sulcus. 

Euchlanis  deflexa  Gosse. 

This  species,  which  is  ordinarily  considered  quite  rare,  was  common  in 
Jessup's  collections:  from  a  pond  near  Yukon  river,  Yukon  Territory,  May  26, 
1911;  pool  at  White  Horse,  Yukon  Territory,  June  7,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  35  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  June  23,  1911;  lakes  on 
Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911;  two 
lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  10, 
1911;  pools  at  Fort  Yukon,  May  24,  1912. 

Euchlanis  triquetra  Ehrenberg. 

Collected  in  abundance  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  10,  1911;  pools  at  Fort  Yukon, 
May  24,  1912,  and  in  a  slough  of  Old  Crow  river,  near  New  Rampart  House, 
August  7,  1912. 

Euchlanis  eoropha  Gosse. 

A  few  specimens  of  this  comparatively  rare  species  were  collected  by 
Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House, 
July  3,  1911,  and  in  a  small  muddy  pool  25  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House, 
July  17,  1911. 

Lecane  ephestra,  new  species. 
Plate  3,  figs.  1,  2. 

The  outline  of  the  lorica  is  slightly  ovate;  the  anterior  margins  of  the 
dorsal  and  ventral  plates  are  coincident  and  straight.  The  anterior  spines 
are  very  short  and  rather  stout.  The  dorsal  plate  is  broadly  elliptic  and  rounded 
posteriorly;  it  is  without  markings.  The  ventral  plate  is  considerably  narrower 

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than  the  dorsal  and  nearly  parallel-sided;  the  margins  are  ill-defined  and  no 
longitudinal  sulci  are  present.  The  markings  are  confined  to  the  central  area 
of  the  ventral  plate;  the  transverse  fold  is  well  marked.  The  posterior  segment 
of  the  body  is  rounded  and  projects  very  slightly  beyond  the  dorsal  plate. 

The  first  foot  joint  is  narrowest  at  the  posterior  end;  the  second  foot  joint 
is  large  and  subsquare;  it  projects  beyond  the  lorica.  The  coxal  plates  are 
obtusely  triangular,  with  their  apices  close  to  the  second  foot  joint.  The  toes 
are  long  and  slender;  the  outer  edges  are  very  slightly  curved;  a  small  claw  is 
present,  excavate  on  the  inner  margin. 

Total  length  125/i;  length  of  dorsal  plate  84/*,  width  88/1;  length  of  ventral 
plate  90ju,  width  60ju;  width  of  anterior  points  54/x;  length  of  toes  including 
claws  3o*M,  length  of  claw  6/z. 

Lecane  ephestra  was  collected  by  Jessup  in  a  muskeg  lake,  28  miles  north 
of  New  Rampart  House,  on  June  25,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  ponds  48  miles  north  of 
New  Rampart  House,  on  July  7,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911;  it  has  been  collected 
in  the  United  States  by  Mr.  Frank  J.  Myers  around  Atlantic  City,  New  Jersey, 
and  by  Mr.  Myers  and  the  writer  in  Vilas  and  Oneida  counties,  Wisconsin. 

Lecane  mira  Murray. 

Cathypna  mira  MURRAY,  Journ.  Royal  Micr.  Soc.,  1913,  p.  553,  pi.  22,  fig.  3. 

Abundant  in  a  collection  made  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911 ;  also  in  lakes  48  miles  north 
of  New  Rampart  House,  July  7,  1911,  and  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  10,  1911. 

Lecane  ligona  (Dunlop). 

Cathypna  ligona  DUNLOP,  Journ.  Quekett  Micr.  Club,  ser.  2,  vol.  8,  1901, 
p.  29,  pi.  2,  figs.  4-6. 

A  few  specimens  of  this  rare  species  were  collected  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on 
Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911,  and 
in  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House, 
July  10,  1911. 

Lecane  hornemanni  (Ehrenberg). 

Cathypna  hornemanni  MURRAY,  Journ.  Royal  Micr.  Soc.,  1913,  p.  349,  pi. 
16,  fig.  26. 

Collected  by  Johansen  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  the  river  bed  at 
Bernard  harbour,  August  16,  1915;  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  3,  1911. 

Lecane  jessupi,  new  species. 

Plate,  3  figs.  3,  4. 

The  outline  of  the  lorica  is  slightly  ovate,  truncate  posteriorly  and  the 
anterior  margin  cuspidate.  The  dorsal  plate  is  ovate,  rounded  posteriorly  and 
slightly  narrower  than  the  ventral  plate,  which  is  somewhat  elliptic.  The 
anterior  margin  of  the  dorsal  plate  is  nearly  straight;  it  is  slightly  convex  for 
the  greater  portion  of  its  width  and  excavate  at  the  lateral  cusps;  the  anterior 
margin  of  the  ventral  plate  is  lunate.  There  are  no  markings  on  either  dorsal 
or  ventral  plate;  the  lateral  sulci  are  deep.  The  lorica  is  strongly  compressed 
dorso-ventrally. 


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The  posterior  segment  of  the  body  is  roughly  trapezoidal  in  oultline  and 
cuspidate  at  the  posterior  angles;  the  margin  is  convex  in  the  median  portion 
and  has  a  slight  concavity  at  the  angles.  There  is  a  well  marked  constriction 
at  the  junction  of  the  ventral  plate  and  the  posterior  segment.  The  coxal 
plates  are  semi-ovate. 

The  first  foot  joint  is  well  marked  and  widest  posteriorly;  the  second  foot 
joint  is  nearly  square.  The  toes  are  short,  cylindric  for  one  half  their  length 
and  end  in  acute,  conical  points. 

Total  length  126  /z,  length  of  lorica  lOS/*;  length  of  dorsal  plate  93^;  width 
13  //;  width  of  ventral  plate  96  /*;  width  of  anterior  points  58  ju;   length  of  toes 
27  /JL. 

Lecane  jessupi  had  some  resemblance  to  L.  brachydactyla  (Stenroos),  which 
is  shown  on  plate  3,  figs.  5,  6,  for  comparison.  The  differences  are  fairly  evident: 
L.  brachydactyla  has  anterior  spines  and  a  straight,  somewhat  flexible  dorsal 
margin,  a  double-curved  ventral  margin  and  the  posterior  segment  is  very 
simple  in  outline.  L.  jessupi  was  collected  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  it  was 
not  abundant. 

Lecane  luna  (Miiller). 

Cathypna  luna  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  94,  pi.  24,  fig.  4. 

Apparently  not  common  in  the  Arctic;  it  was  collected  by  Jessup  from  two 
Fakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July 
10,  1911,  and  ponds  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  11,  1911. 

Lecane  ungulata  (Gosse). 

Cathypna  minnesotensis  MURRAY,  Journ.  Royal  Micr.  Soc.,  1913,  p.  345, 
pi.  13,  fig.  18. 

A  few  specimens  in  a  collection  made  by  Jessup  from  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

Lecane  clara  (Bryce). 

Distyla  clara  BRYCE,  Science  Gossip,  vol.  28,  1892,  p.  271,  text  fig. 

Collected  by  Jessup  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of 
New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911,  and  in  a  slough  of  Old  Crow  river,  near 
New  Rampart  House,  on  August  7,  1912.  Only  a  few  specimens  were  found 
in  each  collection. 

Lecane  depressa  (Bryce). 

Distyla  depressa  BRYCE,  Science  Gossip,  vol.  28,  1892,  p.  271,  text  fig. 

Common  in  a  collection  made  by  Johansen  among  algae  growing  on  stones 
in  the  river  bed  at  Bernard  harbour,  on  August  16,  1915.  In  Jessup's  col- 
lections from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  35  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  June  23,  1911;  muskeg  lake,  28  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House, 
on  June  25,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  3,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New 
Rampart  House,  on  July  11,  1911;  small  muddy  pool,  25  miles  north  of  New 
Rampart  House,  on  July  17,  1911. 

Lecane  flexilis  (Gosse). 

Lecane  flexilis  HARRING,  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  vol.  47,  1914,  p.  538,  pi.  19, 
figs.  1-3. 


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Collected  by  Johansen  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  the  river  bed 
at  Bernard  harbour,  on  August  16,  1915;  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes 
on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911, 
and  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on 
July  11,  1911. 

Monostyla  hamata  Stokes. 

A  few  specimens  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911; 
ponds  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on 
July  11,  1911. 

Monostyla  bulla  Gosse. 

This  species  was  found  in  small  numbers  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes 
on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 

Monostyla  closterocerca  Schmarda. 

Monostyla  closterocera  MURRAY,  Journ.  Royal  Micr.  Soc.,  1913,  p.  357,  pi. 
15,  fig.  39. 

A  few  specimens  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  rive;* 
flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  July  11,  1911. 

Monostyla  crenata  Harring. 

Collected  by  Jessup  in  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north 
of  New  Rampart  House,  July  10,  1911;  not  common. 

Monostyla  lunaris  Ehrenberg. 

Abundant  and  widely  distributed  in  the  Arctic.  It  was  collected  by 
Johansen  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  the  river  bed  at  Bernard  harbour, 
on  August  16,  1915;  by  Jessup  in  a  muskeg  lake,  28  miles  north  of  New  Ram- 
part House,  on  June  25,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of 
New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  lakes  48  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  7,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of 
New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911;  ponds  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  11,  1911;  small  muddy  pool,  25  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  17,  1911;  slough  of  Old  Crow  river, 
near  New  Rampart  House,  on  August  7,  1912. 

Monostyla  cornuta  (Mtiller). 

A  few  specimens  collected  by  Johansen  in  the  lake  south  of  Bernard  harbour, 
on  May  21,  1916;  by  Jessup  in  a  pond  near  New  Rampart  House,  at  the  Inter- 
national Boundary  and  Porcupine  River,  on  June  12,  1911. 

Lepadella  ovalis  (Miiller). 

Lepadella  ovalis  HARRING,  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  vol.  51,  1916,  p.  537, 
pi.  89,  figs.  4-10. 

Collected  in  small  numbers  by  Jessup  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911; 
pools  at  Fort  Yukon,  May  24,  1912. 


Rotator  ia  E  11 

Lepadella  patella  (Miiller). 

Lepadella  patella  HARRING,  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  vol.  51,  1916,  p.  539, 
pi.  90,  figs.  1-12;  pi.  91,  figs.  1,  2. 

This  species  is  widely  distributed  in  the  Arctic,  but  apparently  in  small 
numbers;  it  was  collected  by  Johansen  among  algae  in  the  river  bed  at  Bernard 
Harbour,  on  August  16,  1915;  pond  at  Chantry  Island,  Bernard  harbour,  on 
June  17,  1916;  by  Jessup  in  a  pond  near  New  Rampart  House,  at  the  Inter- 
national Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  on  June  12,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  lakes  48 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  7,  1911:  ponds  on  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  11,  1911;  pools  at  Fort 
Yukon,  on  May  24,  1912. 

Lepadella  acuminata  (Ehrenberg). 

Lepadella  acuminata  HARKING,  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  vol.  51,  1916,  p. 
546,  pi.  92,  figs.  4-8. 

A  few  specimens  of  this  species  were  collected  by  Jessup  in  a  pond  near 
New  Rampart  House,  at  the  International  Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  on 
June  12,  1911. 

Lepadella  ehrenbergii  (Perty). 

Lepadella  ehrenbergii  HARRING,  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  vol.  51,  1916,  p.  553, 
pi.  94,  figs.  1-4. 

In  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of 
New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 

Colurella  colurus  (Ehrenberg). 

Colurus  amblytelus  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  104,  pi.  26, 
fig.  5. 

Collected  by  Johansen  in  abundance  from  a  brackish  lagoon  west  of  Martin 
point,  Alaska,  on  July  28,  1914;  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  the  river  bed 
at  Bernard  harbour,  on  August  16,  1915;  by  Jessup  in  lakes  in  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 

Trichotria  pocillum  (Muller). 

Trichotria  pocillum  HARRING,  Bull.  81  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  1913,  p.  106. 
A  few  specimens  collected  by  Jessup  in  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 

Trichotria  tetractis  (Ehrenberg). 

Trichotria  tetractis  HARRING,  Bull.  81  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  1913,  p.  106. 

Common  in  Jessup's  collections;  pond  near  New  Rampart  House,  at  the 
International  Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  on  June  12,  1911;  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Ramaprt  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  lakes 
48  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  7,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911; 
ponds  on  old  Crow  river  flats  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July 
11,  1911;  slough  of  Old  Crow  river,  near  New  Rampart  House,  on  August  7, 
1912. 


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FAMILY  TRICHOCERCHXE. 
Trichocerca  longiseta  (Schrank). 

Rattulus  longiseta  JENNINGS,  Bull  U.  S.  Fish  Comm.,  vol.  2?  (for  1902) 
1903,  p.  341,  pi.  8,  figs.  67-72. 

Collected  by  Jessup  in  a  pond  near  New  Rampart  House,  at  the  International 
Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  on  June  12,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampalrt  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

Trichocerca  mucosa  (Stokes). 

Rattulus  mucosus  JENNINGS,  Bull.  U.  S.  Fish  Comm.,  vol.  22  (for  1902), 
1903,  p.  331,  pi.  10,  figs.  86-91. 

A  few  specimens  in  Jessup's  collections  from  a  slough  of  Old  Crow  river, 
near  New  Rampart  House,  on  August  7,  1912. 

Trichocerca  rattus  (Miiller). 

Rattulus  rattus  JENNINGS,  Bull.  U.  S.  Fish  Comm.,  vol.  22  (for  1902),  1903, 
p.  333,  pi.  11,  figs.  100,  101. 

Collected  by  Jessup  from  lakes  48  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on 
July  7,  1911;  ponds  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  11,  1911;  small  muddy  pool,  25  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  17,  1911;  it  was  rare  in  all  of  these  collections. 

Trichocerca  cristata  Hairing. 

Rattulus  carinatus  JENNINGS,  Bull.  U.  S.  Fish  Comm.,  vol.  22  (for  1902), 
1903,  p.  332,  pi.  11,  figs.  95-97. 

A  few  specimens  were  collected  by  Jessup  from  pools  at  Fort  Yukon,  on 
May  24,  1912. 

Trichocerca  bicuspes  (Pell.). 

Rattulus  bicuspes  JENNINGS,  Bull.  U.  S.  Fish  Comm.,  vol.  22  (for  1902), 
1903,  p.  336,  pi.  8,  figs.  73-76. 

Rare  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

Trichocerca  scipio  (Gosse). 

Rattulus  scipio  JENNINGS,  Bull.  U.  S.  Fish  Comm.,  vol.  22  (for  1902), 
1903,  p.  322,  pi.  5,  figs.  50-52,  pi.  13,  figs.  Ill,  112. 

Collected  by  .Jessup  from  a  muskeg  lake,  38  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  June  25,  1911. 

Diurella  porcellus  (Gosse). 

Collected  by  Johansen  among  algae  growing  on  stones  in  the  river  bed 
at  Bernard  harbour,  on  August  16,  1915;  by  Jessup  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow 
river  flats,  40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes 
on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

Diurella  tenuior  (Gosse). 

In  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north 
of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 


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Diurella  collaris  (Rousselet) . 

Collected  by  Jessup  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of 
c\Tew  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 

Diurella  cavia  (Gosse). 

A  few  specimens  in  Jessup's  collections  from  a  pond  near  New  Rampart 
House,  at  the  International  Boundary  and  Porcupine  river,  on  June  12,  1911. 

FAMILY  SYNCILOTID/E. 

Synchaeta  oblonga  Ehrenberg. 

Abundant  in  collections  made  from  the  lake  at  Bernard  harbour  by  Johansen 
on  May  6  and  7,  1916;  same  lake  south  of  Bernard  harbdur,  May  21,  1916. 

Synchaeta  johanseni,  new  species. 
Plate  1,  fig.  3. 

The  body  is  fairly  slender,  bell-shaped  and  very  transparent.  Its  greatest 
width,  about  mid-length,  is  one  third  of  the  total  length.  The  foot  is  well 
marked  off  from  the  body,  large  at  the  base  and  tapers  gradually  to  the  very 
small  toes ;  its  length  is  one  fourth  of  the  length  of  the  body.  The  head  is  tri- 
angular and  the  auricles  powerful;  on  the  median  line,  between  the  anterior 
pair  of  tactile  bristles,  there  is  a  tubular  sensory  organ  as  in  S.  vorax  Rousselet. 
The  dorsal  antenna  is  in  the  normal  position;  the  lateral  antennae  are  near  the 
posterior  end  of  the  body  and  well  towards  the  ventral  side;  they  are  slender 
tubules,  armed  with  a  minute  tuft  of  setae.  The  foot  glands  are  very  small. 
The  form  and  position  of  the  eyespot  could  not  be  made  out  from  the  preserved 
material. 

Total  length  350  ju;  width  of  body  at  mid-length  120  ju;  length  of  foot 
70  //;  length  of  toes  7  ju- 

This  species  occurred  in  large  numbers  in  a  surface  collection  made  by  F. 
Johansen  on  August  23,  1914,  at  station  36,  off  Cape  Lyon,  in  Amundsen  gulf. 

Synchaeta  johanseni  is  closely  related  to  S.  vorax  Rousselet,  from  which  it 
differs  in  the  more  slender  body,  longer  and  stouter  foot,  very  small  foot  glands 
and  minute  toes,  as  well  as  in  the  position  of  the  lateral  antennae.  Its  presence 
in  Amundsen  Gulf  is  of  the  greatest  interest,  as  up  to  the  present  only  two  species 
of  rotifers,  Synchaeta  atlantica  and  Trichocerca  (  =  Rattulus)  henseni,  are  known 
from  oceanic  waters;  these  were  both  found  by  Zelinka  in  the  collections  of  the 
German  Plankton  Expedition  from  the  Atlantic  ocean,  south  of  Iceland.  While 
it  would  perhaps  be  incorrect  to  call  Amundsen  Gulf  an  ocean,  the  conditions 
where  the  collection  was  made  are  oceanic,  at  least  as  far  as  salinity  and  absence 
of  admixture  of  fresh  water  are  concerned;  there  are  no  rivers  of  any  consider- 
able volume  discharging  near  Cape  Lyon,  and  Mr.  Johansen  informs  me  that 
few  of  the  rivers  flowing  into  the  Arctic  ocean  carry  much  water  in  the  summer. 
How  to  account  for  the  presence  of  this  rotifer  at  a  single  station  and  its  absence 
everywhere  else  is  a  problem  for  which  no  solution  can  be  offered;  it  may  be 
noted  that  the  collection  contained  virtually  no  other  zooplankton,  and  it  is 
possible  that  the  absence  of  enemies  may  be  an  important  factor  in  the  main- 
tenance of  this  rotifer  in  such  a  circumscribed  area. 

Filinia  longiseta  (Ehrenberg). 

Triarthra  longiseta  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  2,  p.  6,  pi.  13,fig.6. 

Collected  by  Johansen  in  a  brackish  lagoon  west  of  Martin  point,  Alaska, 
on  July  28,  1914;  lake  south  of  Bernard  harbour,  November  28,  1915;  on  May 
6,  7,  and  June  12,  1916. 


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FAMILY  PLCESOMATID^E. 

Ploesoma  lenticulare  Herrick. 

A  few  specimens  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  40'  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old 
Crow  river  flats,  55  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

FAMILY  TESTUDINELLID^:. 
Testudinella  patina  (Hermann). 

In  Jessup's  collections  from  pools  at  White  Horse,  Yukon  Territory,  on 
June  7  and  11,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Ram- 
part House,  on  July  11,  1911;  pools  at  Fort  Yukon,  on  May  24,  1912. 

Testudinella  parva  (Ternetz). 

Collected  by  Jessup  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40  miles  north  of 
New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911. 

ORDER  FLOSCULARIACEA 

FAMILY  GONOGHILID^:. 

Conochilus  hippocrepis  (Schrank). 

Conochilus  volvox  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  1,  p.  89,  pi.  8,  fig. 3. 

Abundant  in  Jessup's  collections;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  35  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  June  23,  1911;  muskeg  lake,  28  miles  north 
of  New  Rampart  House,  on  June  25,  1911;  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  40 
miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911;  lakes  48  miles  north  of  New 
Rampart  House,  on  July  7,  1911;  two  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats,  55  miles 
north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  10,  1911;  ponds  on  Old  Crow  river 
flats,  60  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  11,  1911. 

Conochilus  unicornis  (Rousselet). 

A  few  specimens  in  Jessup's  collections  from  lakes  on  Old  Crow  river  flats, 
40  miles  north  of  New  Rampart  House,  on  July  3,  1911. 

ORDER  BDELLOIDA. 

FAMILY  PHILODINHXE. 

Rotaria  neptunia  (Ehrenberg). 

Actinurus  neptunius  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  1,  p.  108, 
pi.  10,  fig.  6. 

Collected  by  Jessup  in  a  small,  muddy  pool,  25  miles  north  of  New  Rampart 
House,  on  July  17,  1911. 

Rotaria  rotatoria  (Pallas). 

Rotifer  vulgaris  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  1,  p.  104,  pi.  10,fig.2. 
Collected  in  great  numbers  by  Johansen  in  a  pond  at  Bernard  harbour, 
on  June  16,  1915. 

Rotaria  macrura  (Ehrenberg). 

Rotifer  macrurus  HUDSON  and  GOSSE,  Rotifera,  1886,  vol.  1,  p.  107,  pi.  10.fig.4. 
Very  abundant  in  Johansen's  collections  from  a  tundra-swamp  at  Bernard 
harbour,  on  July  15,  1915,  and  May  9,  1916. 


Rotator  ia  E  15 


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PLATE  I. 

Fig.  1.  Encentrum  algente,  lateral  view.    x!70 

2.  Encentrum  algente,  trophi,  ventral  view. 

3.  Synchaeta  johanseni,  dorsal  view.     x!70. 


Rotatoria 


El7 


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PLATE  II. 

Fig.  1.  Euchlanis  pellucida,  dorsal  view.    x!30. 

2.  Euchlanis  pellucida,  lateral  view. 

3.  Euchlanis  pellucida,  variety  A,  cross  section. 

4.  Euchlanis  pellucida,  variety  B,  cross  section. 

5.  Euchlanis  pellucida,  variety  C,  cross  section. 


Rotatoria 
PLATE  II. 


El9 


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PLATE  III. 

Fig.  1.  Lecane  ephestra,  dorsal  view.     x300. 

2.  Lecane  ephestra,  ventral  view. 

3.  Lecane  jessupi,  dorsal  view.     x300. 

4.  Lecane  jessupi,  ventral  view. 

5.  Lecane  brachydactyla,  dorsal  view.     x300. 

6.  Lecane  brachydactyla,  ventral  view. 


Rotatoria 
PLATE  III. 


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PLATE  IV. 

Fig.  1.  Temporary  pools   in   swamp,   fed  from   snow  drifts. 
Territories,  July  2,  1915.     Photo  by  F.  Johansen. 


Bernard   harbour,   Northwest 


Fig.  2.  Valley  of  Firth  river,  Alaska-Yukon  boundary,  showing  ponds  and  flood  plain  ice 
Photograph  by  International  Boundary  survey,  141st  Meridian,  1912. 


Rotatoria 


PLATE  IV. 


Fig.  1. 


Fig.  2. 


Report  of  the  Canadian  Arctic  Expedition,  1913-18, 

VOLUME  VHI:    MOLLUSKS,  ECHINODERMS,  COELEXTERATES,  ETC. 


MOLLUSKS,  RECENT  AND  PLEISTOCENE. 


By  William  H.  Dall. 

(Issued  September  24,  1919). 


Part  A: 

PartB:    CEPHALOPODA  AND  PTEROPODA. 

Cephalopoda.    By  S.  8.  Berry. 

Pteropoda.    By  W.  F.  Clapp (In  preparation). 

Part  C:   ECHINODERMS.    By  Austin  H.  Clark (Issued  April  6,  1920}. 

Part  D:  BRYOZOA.    By  R.  C.  Oshurn (In  preparation). 

Part  E:    ROTATORIA.  *  By  H.  K.  Harring (In  press). 

Part  F:    CHAETOGNATHA.    By  A.  G.  Huntsman {In  preparation). 

Part  G:  ALCYONARIA  AND  ACTINARIA.    By  A.  E.  Verrill (In  press). 

Part  H:  MEDUSAE  AND  CTENOPHORA.    By  H.  B.  Bigelow (Issued  June  SO,  1920). 

Part  I:     HYDROIDS.    By  C.  McLean  Fraser (In  preparation). 

PartJ:    PORIFERA. 

VOLUME  IX:    ANNELIDS,  PARASITIC  WORMS,  PROTOZOANS,  ETC. 

Part  A:   OLIGOCHAETA. 

Lumbriculida3.    By  Frank  Smith. 

Enchytraeidsu.     By  Paul  S.  Welch (Issued  September  29,  1919). 

Part  B:   POLYCHAETA.    By  Ralph  V.  Chamberlin (Issued  November  20,  1920) . 

Part  C:    HIRUDINEA.    By  J.  P.  Moore (Issued  February  /,,  1921). 

Part  D:  GEPHYREA.    By  Ralph  V.  Chamberlain (Issued  June  SO,  1920). 

Part  E:   ACANTHOCEPHALA.    By  H.  J.  Van  Cleave (Issued  April  7,  1920). 

Part  F:    NEMATODA.    By  N.  A.  Cobb (In  preparation). 

Part  G-H:    TREMATODA  AND  CESTODA.     By  A.   R.  Cooper (Issued  February  4,  1921). 

Part  I:     TURBELLARIA.    By  A.  Hassell (In  preparation). 

PartJ:    GORDIACEA. 

Part  K:  NEMERTINI.    By  Ralph  V.  Chamberlin (In  preparation). 

Part  L:    SPOROZOA.    By  J.  V.  Mavor :(In  preparation). 

Part  M:  FORAMINIFERA.    By  J.  A.  Cushman (Issued  February  6,  19SO) 

VOLUME  X:    PLANKTON,  HYDROGRAPHY,  TIDES,  ETC. 

Part  A:  PLANKTON.    By  Albert  Mann (In  preparation). 

Part  B:  MARINE  DIATOMS.    By  L.  W.  Bailey (In  preparation). 

PartC:  TIDAL  OBSERVATIONS  AND  RESULTS.    By  W.  Bell  Dawson  (Issued  October  1,  1920). 

Part  D:  HYDROGRAPHY. .. (In  preparation^. 

VOLUME  XI:    GEOLOGY  AND  GEOGRAPHY 

Part  A:   THE  GEOLOGY  OF  THE  ARCTIC  COAST  OF  CANADA,  WEST  OF  THE  KENT 

PENINSULA.    By  J.  J.  O'Neill (In  preparation). 

Part  B:   MAPS  AND  GEOGRAPHICAL  NOTES.       By  Kenneth  G.  Chipman  and  John  R.  Cox. 

(In  preparation). 

VOLUME  XII:    LIFE  OF  THE  COPPER  ESKIMOS 

THE  LIFE  OF  THE  COPPER  ESKIMOS.    By  D.  Jenness (Issued) . 

VOLUME  XIII:    PHYSICAL  CHARACTERISTICS  AND  TECHNOLOGY  OF  THE 
WESTERN  AND  CENTRAL  ESKIMOS 

Part  A:   THE  PHYSICAL  CHARACTERISTICS  OF  THE  WESTERN  AND  COPPER  ESKIMOS . 

By  D.  Jenness (In  preparation). 

Part  B:  THE  OSTEOLOGY  OF  THE  WESTERN  AND  CENTRAL  ESKIMOS.  By  John  Cameron. 

\In  preparation). 
Part  C:   TECHNOLOGY  OF  THE  COPPER  ESKIMOS. *. .  (To  be  prepared). 

VOLUME  XIV:    ESKLMO  FOLK-LORE  AND  LANGUAGE 

Part  A:  FOLK-LORE,  WITH  TEXTS,  FROM  ALASKA,  THE  MACKENZIE  DELTA,  AND 
CORONATION  GULF.  By  D.  Jennesa (In  preparation) . 

PartB:  COMPARATIVE  GRAMMAR  *AND  VOCABULARY  OF  THE  ESKIMO  DIALECTS 
OF  POINT  BARROW,  THE  MACKENZIE  DELTA,  AND  CORONATION  GULF. 
By  D.  Jenness (In  preparation). 

VOLUME  XV:    ESKIMO  STRING  FIGURES  AND  SONGS 

Part  A:    STRING  FIGURES  OF  THE  ESKIMOS.    By  D.  Jenness. . .  . .  (Ready  for  Press). 

Part  B-   SONGS  OF  THE  COPPER  ESKIMOS.    By  Helen  H.  Roberts  and  D.  Jenness. 

(In  preparation), 

VOLUME  XVI:    ARCHAEOLOGY 

CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  ARCHAEOLOGY  OF  WESTERN  ARCTIC  AMERICA. 
(To  be  prepared).