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Show 1886.] ENTOMOSTRACA FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 83 opportunity of describing them. Those collected by Mr. Steel were submitted to me by Messrs. James Steel, of Glasgow, and Thomas Scott, of Greenock, to whom, as well as to Prof. Rupert Jones, my best thanks are due. I have had no opportunity of comparing these specimens with authenticated types of the species to which they are in some cases referred, but have had to depend entirely upon the published descriptions. The general likeness of these Australian Ostracoda to European freshwater forms is no more than might be expected; it is, indeed, rather remarkable that in no case do they come so near to any known European species as to be difficult of discrimination. As the literature of the subject is not easily accessible, I give here a list of all the Australian freshwater Entomostraca which have been described up to the present time :- PHYLLOPODA. Lepidurus viridis, Baird, P.Z. S. 1850. Van Diemen's Land. Lepidurus angasii, Baird, P. Z. S. 1866. Adelaide, South Australia. Lepidurus viridulus, Tate, Proc. Boy. Soc. Austr. 1878-9. Adelaide, South Australia. Limnadia stanleyana, King, Papers & Proc. Boy. Soc. Van Diemen's Land, vol. iii. pt. i. 1855. New South Wales. Limnadia sordida, King, ibidem. New South Wales. Linnetis macleayana, King, ibidem. New South Wales. Artemia proxima, King, ibidem. New South Wales. Estheria birchii, Baird, P. Z. S. 1860. Wanoi Eiver, Australia. It may be well to note that two New-Zealand Phyllopoda (Lepidurus kirki and L. compressus) have been described by Prof. Thomson in the Transactions of the N e w Zealand Institute, vol. xi. p. 260, pi. ii. fig. E, 4, 5. The following Cladocera, found living in New South Wales, are described and figured by the Rev. R. L. King in the ' Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. pt. 2, 1853, and vol. iii. pt. 1, 1855 :- Daphnia carinata, King. elizabethre, King. honorata, King. mucronata, Muller. Macrothrix spinosa, King. Moina lemnas, King. macleayii, King. Eurycercus spinosa, King. cookii, King. cunninghami, King. Chydorus leonardi, King. angustus, King. Alona bairdii, King. pulchella, King. diaphana, King. • karua, King. mascula, King. Dunhevedia crassa, King. podagra, King. Also by the same writer the following Copepoda, from South Australia, are mentioned or briefly described, ibid. vol. iii. pt. 1, 1855:- Cyclops australis, King. Diaptomus pollux, King. uxorius, King. maria, King. cookii, King. 6* |