192 RKPORT OX TTIRT-niNKA 



AlPfour specimens (K34 Nos. 691 and 698) were taken at Pliashakuri, near Pampur, 

 Kashmir, May 7, 1932, at an altitnde of 5200 ft. 



Erpobdella octoculata (Linn.) 



Ilintdo octoculata Linnaeus, 1758. 

 Erfobdella octoculata Moore, 1924. 

 Moore, 1927. 



This widely distributed Eurasiatic species is very common in tiie lakes and ponds of 

 Kashmir. It was fully discussed in my 1924 paper. It is the best represented species in this 

 collection but all specimens are small. The gonopores are normally separated by 3 annuli, 

 the $ in or immediately behind the furrow XII bl/b2 and the 9 constantly in XII b5/b6 

 but the d may shift caudad as far as the middle of b2 in which case it is only 2^^ 

 annuli anterior to the ? pore. One specimen has two <5 pores in XII b2 and XIII b2 

 respectively. 



K 15 and 19 Gagirbal, Srinagar, Kashmir, swampy pond east of ruad, altitude 5190 ft., 

 No. 703, 707; K 24, Nishat Bagh, pond, April 7, altitude 5200 ft.. No. 651 ; K 42, W'ular 

 Lake, April 18, alt. 5180 ft., dredged. No. 763, depth 1.5-2 m., No. 765, depth 1.0 m.; 

 K61, (iund, Sind Valley, May 17, altitude 6824 ft., under stones on nnfddy bottom of 

 small stream. 



FORAMINOBDELLA IlEPTAMERATA Kaburaki 



Foraminobdella hcptamcrata Kaburaki, 1921. 



Moore, 1927. 



This interesting and little known species is represented by four poorly preserved speci- 

 mens N. 8 (No. 834, 849) taken in ponds on Pykara Road near Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, 

 Madras, November 10, 1932, altitude 7200 ft. The specimens measure from 23. x 4. to 

 42. X 5.3 mm. All have the gastropore of large size: this structure, the gonopores and the 

 annulation are as described in 1927 Irom the tyjie, at that time unique, which also came 

 from the Nilgiri District. In January, 1931, I was fortunate in tinding several populous 

 colonies of this species in the lake at Ootacamund and was able to study its mode of life 

 and to secure material from which an anatomical description will be pul)lished in another con- 

 nection. Its favorite habitat is in the little gravelly deltas at the niduths i>i streams emptying 

 into the lake. Here it is found under stones especially just above water level and when 

 exposed disappears quickly into the gravel and silt. It is as muscular, hard and slippery as 

 an eel, very difficult to hold and with its pointed head and slender form an adept burrower. 

 When placed in water a current may be seen to issue periodically from the gastropore and 

 when removed to the air a fine jet of water was sometimes ejected from it a distance of 

 several inches. In life the color is a dull or bright red or pink according to size and contents 

 of stomach. The food consists chiefly of tubificid oligochaetes. 



Full references to all of the papers cited in the synonymy appear in the bibliographies 

 of Harding and Moore, Fauna of P.ritish India. Ilirudinea. L(indon. 1927. 



