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Fig. 1. Talitrus sylvaiicus, first gnathopod. 



Talitrus sylvaticus Haswell (figs. 1 to 3). 

 Talitrus sylvaticus Haswell, 1879, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 



vol. iv, p. 246, pi. vii, fig. 1. 

 Talitrus sylvaticus Haswell in Sayce, 1909, Proc. Roy. Soc, 



Victoria, vol. xxii, p. 30, pi. xi (with synonymy). 



Of this species 

 there was only a 

 single representa- 

 tive which was in- 

 cluded in the tube 

 containing the Gam- 

 marus barrlngton- 

 ensis. Talitrus 

 sylvaticus is strictly 

 a terrestrial form 

 found under decay- 

 ing leaves, etc., but 

 may be occasionally taken in damper places, as appears to 

 be the case in this instance. There has been some confusion 

 in connection with the description of 

 the species, and as Dr. Caiman 1 has 

 pointed out, it is possible that more 

 than one species has been included 

 under this name by different authors. 

 The species was redescribed by the 

 late Mr. Sayce in 1909, and at the 

 same time was distinguished from a 

 second species, Talitrus hershaivi, 

 found associated with it at a number 

 of localities in Victoria. 



The single specimen from Barring- 

 Fig. 2. Talitrus sylvaticus, ton Tops agrees very, closely with 

 peSLpod H ° n ° f tMrd Sayce's description of T. sylvaticus, 



Caiman, An'ri. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. -8, vol. 10, p. 135. 



