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B : SPECIES WHICH LAY THICK-SHELLED EGOS, WITH EMBEDDED RODS 

 Macrobiotus an- liens, Murray ? (19) 



Habitat. Mount Cook district, South Island. 



In the absence of the egg there is some doubt about the identification. The 

 claws are of the Diphascon type. Apart from M. oberhduseri, which is easily 

 distinguished by the colour and the pharynx, there are very few species having claws 

 of this type, and M. arcticm is the commonest of them. 



C : SPECIES WHICH LAY SMOOTH EGGS IN THE CAST SKIN 

 Macrobiotus nodosus, Murray (20) 



Habitat. Near Gisborne, North Island ; Macquarie Islands. 



The species was collected by the expedition in the Macquaries, but it had been 

 previously found in moss from Gisborne, given to me by Mr. D. J. Scourfield. Its 

 distribution is peculiar. It is known in Africa, New Zealand, the Macquaries, 

 and Fiji. 



Macrobiotus sattleri, Bichters (26) 

 Habitat. Hills beside Lake Wakatipu, South Island. 



Macrobiotus papillifer, Murray (12) 



Habitat. On Myriophyllam in a torrent fed by melting snow, Black Birch 

 Creek, Mount Cook district, South Island. 



Macrobiotus ornatus, Richters (24) 



Habitat. Among bog-mosses, near Birch Hill Creek, and Myriophyllum, Black 

 Birch Creek, Mount Cook district. In the latter place a cyst was found. 



Macrobiotus annulatus, Murray (12) 



Habitat. Birch Hill Creek, and in the bush of the west coast, near Westport, 

 South Island. At Birch Hill Creek it was abundant, but it was never seen carrying 

 the eggs in the characteristic way. The examples from Westport had the papillae 

 very small. 



Macrobiotus, sp. ? (Plate XV. Fig. 12) 



Macquarie Islands. A large species with claws of the Diphascon type. It could 

 not be identified because it was in the condition known as simplex (i.e., it had no 



