ARCHIV FOR MATHEMATIK OG NATURVIDENSKAB. B. XVII. Nr. 2. 



Descriptions of some Australian Phyilopoda, 



witli S autographic plates. 

 By G. O. S ars. 



Introductory. 



The Phyllopocla described in this paper formed part of a 

 very interestiûg collection of freshwater Entomostraca kindly- 

 sent me, some years ago, by Mr. Th. Whitelegge. All Ihe 

 forms contained in the collection were found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Sydney, partly by Mr. Whitelegge himself, partly by 

 Mr. A. M. Lea, but remained still undetermined; and in most 

 cases the several species were not even separated, but mingled to- 

 gether, as they came from the ponds from which the collection 

 was taken. Considering that it was in the very same tract that 

 the Rev. R. L. King made his investigations, I cannot but believe, 

 that a closer examination of these forms might be of interest, 

 especially as it may thereby be possible to identify several 

 of the Kingian species recorded in the Proc. Roy. Soc. of 

 Van Diemen^s Land, which as yet are very imperfectly known, 

 and in some cases nearly unrecognizable. This apphes in par- 

 ticular to the Phyllopoda, of which no true descriptions, and 

 no figures were given by that author, i) In a subsequent 



1) According to a kind communication by Mr. AVliitelegge, the E.ev.Il.L. 

 King some years afterwards published in the Entoua. Soc. Trans. 



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