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LAND PLANARIANS FROM FIJI, WITH DESC:ilP- 

 TIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By Thos. Steel, F.L.S., F.C.S. 



(Plate VII., figs. 9 and 11.) 



Some time ago I received from my brother, Mr. F. W. Stoel, a 

 small collection of planarians, comprising three species, which he 

 made on the Navua River, Viti Levu. Two of these proved to 

 he undescribed, and are, so far as I am aware, the first recorded 

 apparently indigenous planarians from Fiji. 



BiPALiUM Kevvense, Moseley 



3stin 

 Navua River 



This interesting worm was found common under logs on the 



Geoplana trifasciata, n.sp. 



(PI. vii., tig. 9.) 



The following description refers to spirit preserved specimens: — 

 In median dorsal line a bold broad band of very dark brown 

 running from tip to tip. Close to the margin on either side 

 another similar band not quite so wide as the median one, the 

 space between the median and marginal bands being nearly white 

 and of about the same width as the median band. Ventral 

 surface white, with a dim band of same colour as the dorsal 

 ones close to each margin. 



A single row of eyes round anterior tip and down each side for 

 at least half way. No grouping of eyes could be traced in the 

 specimens at my disposal. The pharyngeal aperture about 

 one-third from anterior end. Position of genital opening not 

 clearly made • out, but apparently about midway between the 

 other and the posterior end. 



Length in spirit 13 mm. by 2^ mm. broad. 



