PLATE XVIII 



AUSTRALIAN TARDIGRADA 



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FIGUEE 26. Oreella, gen. n., mollis, sp. n x 300 135 



FIGURE 27a. Macrobiotus aculeatus, sp. n x 300 139 



FIGURE 27b. The same, teeth and pharynx 



FIGURE 27c. The same, egg . ... x 300 



FIGURE 27d. The same, claws 



FIGURE 27e. The same, variety with only two spines x 300 



FIGURE 28. Macrobiotus virgatus (?) 142 



FIGURE 29. Macrobiotus hufelandioides, sp. n. . . . 138 



FIGURE 29b. The same, three processes of the egg 



FIGURE 29c. The same, claws 



FIGURE 30. Macrobiotus echinogenitus (?) egg x 300 137 



FIGURE 31. Macrobiotus harmsworthi (?) egg x 300 137 



FIGURE 32. Macrobiotus, sp. ? foot, showing knob ... 142 



FIGURE 32&. The same, claws 



FIGURE 32c. The same, teeth and pharynx 



FIGURE 33a. Macrobiotus, sp. ? x 300 142 



FIGURE 336. The same, claws 



FIGURE 33c. The same, teeth and pharynx 



FIGURE 34. Echiniscus pidcher, sp. n x300127 



This figure is marked to indicate the segments I. to VI. (Richters), and the 

 lateral processes a, b, c, d, and e. In this species a and e are setse and ?>, c, d are 

 little cones. At the base of a is the " auricle" Segments V. and VI. are separate. 



