iQii.] S. Kemp : The occurrence of Apus in Asia. 357 



shortness of the furcal rami readily distinguish it from A . 

 cancriformis and A. himalayaniis and there does not seem 

 any probabiUty 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 identity 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. chin&nsis, Braem, Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool., Ivi, 

 J893, 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 Thieneich, 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 Lepidurus at Pekin (ante, p. 351). 



Apus sp. , Schlagintweit, 7?m^« i?i Indien und Hochasien, iii, 1872, 



p. 217 (Jena). 



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

 lyakes 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. 



• Loc. cit., p. 344 (footnote). 



•2 Joiirn. A. S. B. (n. s.), i, p. 33 (i9o5). 



i Sitz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxv, abth. i, p. 590 (1877). 



