Dendy. — On Netv Zealand Land Planarians. 237 



narrow and broad stripes, and between the latter and the 

 margins of the body, are scattered numerous small specks of 

 the dark-brown colour, just visible to the naked eye. 



The ventral surface appears to the naked eye of a uniform 

 very pale brown colour. Microscopic examination shows 

 numerous very minute superficial specks of brown pigment 

 thickly dusted all over both dorsal and ventral surfaces, but 

 paler on the latter. On the dorsal surface they lie more 

 superficially than the dark markings already described. 



Specimens from Victoria show a precisely similar micro- 

 scopic dusting. Eyes numerous, but exact arrangement 

 difficult to make out. 



Locality. — Invercargill ; one specimen, collected in the 

 bush by G. Howes, Esq. Toitoi, Southland ; one specimen, 

 collected by Miss J. G. Rich. 



Geoplana subquadrangulata, Dendy. 



Near Jackson's (West Coast Road). — Six good-sized speci- 

 mens, with the three dark dorsal stripes very well defined, and 

 a fairly well-defined narrow dark submarginal stripe. The 

 ventral surface and ground-colour of the dorsal surface show 

 little or no mottling in the spirit specimens. The paired 

 dorsal stripes are very much broader than the median one. 

 The specimens were found under logs on the Teremakau 

 Flat. 



Near Mr. Garvey's House, Clinton Valley, Head of Lake Te 

 Anau. — Two specimens, with the three dark dorsal stripes well 

 defined (the paired stripes being broad). The ventral sur- 

 face and ground-colour of the dorsal surface show little or 

 no mottling in the spirit specimens, but the larger of the 

 two shows an ill-defined narrow marginal stripe. 



Peel Forest.— March, 1898. Coll., W. W. Smith, Esq. 

 Three unusually large specimens, the largest measuring in 

 spirit 26 mm. in length by 3 - 5mm. in breadth, with the genital 

 aperture 6 mm. and the peripharyngeal aperture 9 mm. from 

 the posterior extremity. The protruded pharynx is narrow 

 and subcylindrical in shape. The dorsal surface (in spirit) is 

 flat, the ventral and lateral convex and indistinguishable from 

 one another. The three dorsal stripes of dark-brown are 

 present as usual — viz., a narrow median one and a broader 

 one at some distance on each side of it. Between the narrow 

 and broad stripes the yellowish ground-colour is abundantly 

 speckled with dark-brown, and there is an ill-defined band of 

 small dark specks on each side of the body, separated from 

 the outer dark stripe by a fairly broad interval of ground- 

 colour almost free from specks. The ventral surface is devoid 

 of dark specks, or very nearly so. 



Toitoi, Southland. — Coll., Miss J. G. Eich. A number 



