Chromatophores two, very short.

AMPHIPLEURA PELLUCIDA KUETZ.

Frustules free or in mucous masses. Valve fusiform; forks about one-fourth the length of the valve; striæ transverse, punctate, 36-40 in 10 µ (J. J. Woodward).

Occasional in the Delaware River.

Pl. [17], Fig. 9.

AMPHIPLEURA RUTILANS (TRENTEPOHL) CL.

Frustules enclosed in gelatinous tubes. Valve linear-lanceolate, obtuse at the ends; forks about one-third the length of the valve; striæ, 28 in 10 µ.

Conferva rutilans Trentepohl.

Schizonema dillwynii Wm. Sm.

Abundant at Belmar, N. J.