igii.] vS. Kemp : The occurrence of Apus in Asia. 357 



shortness of the f ureal rami readily distinguish it from A . 

 cancriformis and A. himalayanus and there does not seem 

 any probability in Lankester's suggestion ^ that it is 

 synonymous with the latter species. 



The specimens which Vredenburg found at Thalonk in Kharan 

 State, Western Baluchistan,* belong^ as far as can be 

 judged, to the same species as that described by Day : 

 Vredenburg's rough sketch is at any rate sufficient to 

 show their close affinity with that form. 



The possible identit}^ of A. dukianus with one of the long- 

 bodied forms described from other countries must not 

 be over-looked ; but this point cannot be decided until 

 the group is subjected to revision. 



Apus sudanicus var. chinensis, Braem, Zcitschr. Wiss. Zool.. Ivi, 

 1893, p. 180. 



The variety chinensis was described by Braem from eight 

 specimens found in the Breslau Museum labelled ' Apus, 

 China.' A. sudanicus, the typical form, was described 

 by Brauer ^ from specimens taken at Khartoum in the 

 Soudan. 



Apus granarius, fide Gerstaecker, Bronn's Tkierreich, v, 1866-79, 

 p. 1063. 



Gerstaecker in a distribution table of the Branchiopoda notes 

 the occurrence of this species at Pekin. I have not been 

 able to find the original description or any other record 

 of the species. Major Walton has also recorded a species 

 of this genus or of Lepiduriis at Pekin [ante, p. 351}. 



Apus sp., Schlagintweit, i^^z's^*;? in Indien und Hochasien, iii, 1872, 

 p. 217 (Jena). 



A brief notice of the occurrence of a species in the Salt 

 Lakes of Tibet. The lakes were partially dry on the 

 occasion of Schlagintweit's visit ; dead specimens were 

 found round the margins, but a few examples were dis- 

 covered alive under stones in water of considerable 

 salinity. 



1 Loc. cit., p. 344 (footnote). 



2 Journ. A. S. B. (n. s.), i, p. 2i3 (1906). 



3 Sitz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxv, abth. i, p. 59° (1877). 



