ON SOME AUSTRALIAN CLADOCERA. 465 
Family DAPHNIDA. 
Genus DAPHNIA Miller. 
DAPHNIA CARINATA King 
This form was first described by King in the Proc. Roy. 
Soe. Van Diemen’s Land, Vol. 11, Part 1.) A more 
detailed description was later given by Sars in ‘*Fresh- 
water Entomostraca from the neighbourhood of Sydney,’’!) 
and in ‘‘ Daphnia carinata King.’?®) 
This species was fairly abundant in two tubes of crustacea 
obtained at Corowa in March. It had been recorded pre- 
viously from Palestine and Syria, and in Australia from 
the Waterloo Swamps, Sydney, and at St. Arnaud, Fairfield, 
and Cheltenham in Victoria. 
Genus SCAPHOLEBERIS Schoedler. 
SCAPHOLEBERIS KINGI Sars. 
This species was described by Sars in ‘‘ Freshwater Ento- 
mostraca from China and Sumatra.’’'?) It had formerly 
been described by King as Daphnia mucronata in the Proc. 
Roy. Soc. Van Diemen’s Land. 
This form was found in abundance at Kendall from 
October to June. Outside Australia it has been recorded 
from South Africa and Sumatra. | 
Genus SIMOCEPHALUS Schoedler. 
SIMOCEPHALUS ELIZABETH King. 
This form was first described by King) as Daphnia 
elizabethce. It was later more fully described by Sars in 
‘* Additional Notes on Australian Cladocera.’’“®) 
Numerous specimens of this species were found in a pond 
in the grounds of Sydney University in June, and from 
Mudgeein December. King records finding this species at 
Newtown, Parramatta, near Stroud, and at Port Stephens. 
Dp —December 4, 1918. 
