On Fresh-water Entornostraca. 11 



occurred, though rather sparsely, in a sample taken by 

 Mr. Whitelegge from Waterholes off Bourke 8treet, Wa- 

 terloo. Out of the continent of Australia, this species has 

 as yet not been recorded. 



Gen. Simocephalus, Schoedeler. 



2. Simocephalus australien sis (Dana). 



Daphnia austrcdiensis, Dana, United St. Expl. Exp. 

 Crust. II, p. 1271, PI. 89, figs. 4, a— e. 



Simocephalus australiensis, G. O. Sars, Addit. Notes 

 on Austral. Cladocera raised from dried mud, p. 15, PI. 2, 

 figs. 1—5. 



Of this form, described and figured in detail by the 

 author in the above mentioned paper, some specimens were 

 collected by Mr. Whitelegge from the Marubra Swamp 

 near Sydney. 



Distribution. Queensland, Knysna (G. O. Sars) 



3. Simocephalus Elisabet hæ (King). 



Daphnia Elisabethæ, King. 1. c. p. 247, PI. II. 



Simocephalus Elisabethæ, G. O. Sars, 1. c. p. 22, Pl. 2, 

 figs. 6, 7. 



As pointed out in my above mentioned paper, Mr. King 

 has most probably confounded this and the preceding spe- 

 cies. It is therefore not possible to decide with certainty 

 the localities where the present species was found by that 

 author. A few not very well preserved specimens of 

 this form were found in one of the samples sent me 



