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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Fig. 49. /. troglodytica, Kainb. Fig. .50. /. troglodytica (muci'o) Kainb. 



side of head ; these are seated upon dark patches. Body. — ■ 

 Elongate, sparingly clothed with short, fine hairs. Spring. — - 

 Short, not reaching to ventral sucker ; lyiucro, toothed (fig. 50). 

 Legs. — Short, strong, pilose ; tarsi, without tenant hairs, claws 

 long. 



Hab. — Yarrangobilly Caves, on the surface of shallow cave 

 pools. 



Famihj PODURID^. 

 Genus AcHORUTES, Templeton. 



ACHORUTES SPECIOSUS, sp. nov. 



(Figs. 51, 52). 



Length 0*8 mm. Colour, in some examples bluish-grey above, 

 reddish-grey ventrally ; others wholly bluish-grey, but of a some- 

 what lighter tint underneath. Head. — Large, sub-triangular, 

 truncate anteriorly, clothed with fine short hairs. Atitennce. — • 



Fig. 51. A. speciosKs, ■Raiiib. Fig. 52. A. speciosus (tarsus), Hainb. 



Sliort, four-jointed. 'Ocelli. — Eight on each side ; seated upon 

 black patches ; I'emote from base of antenna*. Bady. — Cylindri- 

 cal : segments sub-equal, and clothed with very short, fine hairs ; 

 apex of abdomen terminating obtusely. Sjyring. — Short, not 

 reaching to ventral sucker. Legs. — Short, strong, clothed like 

 the body ; tarsi biungulate, the lesser claw minute (fig. 52). 

 Hab. — Bathurst ; from the surface of a pond. 



