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KECdKDS <iK TIJK AUSTIiALIAX MUSKr.M. 



fctiinr, as suggested by Attenis) fused t.ogetlier. The distal 

 joint (T., tig. 36), or tibia, is a flattened body, expanded at its 

 base to articulate with the cjdindrical part of the preceding 

 j(*int (femur), bearing a row of bristles on its inner concave 

 surface ; its I'ounded apex reaches beyond tlie summit of the 

 coxal process ; its inner edge is folded back and is produced 

 into a long, gradually tapering, ribbon-shaped {)seudoflagelluni 

 (ps.) 



Fij;. 37. — ■■{ iiias/ijfnji;itHS 

 lasiiianiauus. — Pos- 

 terior Konopod. 

 FiM- ',\(i.— Aiiiailigogonus lasniaiiiaiiiis. 

 — Distal joint of anterior gonopod. 

 inner view, ps- = pseudoflagelkini- 



The posterior gonopods (fig. 87) are entirely indepeiidant 

 of one another. No ventral' plate ct)uld be traced. The 

 goiiopod shows no ti'ace of division, but is contracted in tiie 

 middh'. The distal half is lamellar, longitudinally folded at a 

 right suigie and truncate, and bears hmv or tive apical bristles 

 and an inner digitifoi-m process. The proximal half articulates 

 witli the long and slender tracheal stalks of usual shape. 

 Neithei- seminal duct noi- bladder could be detected. 



Tasmania. 



