416 WILHELM MICHAELSEN. 



Chilota walilberg-i Mich. f. typicus. 



Chilota walilbergi Michaehen, " Revision der Kinberg'scben Oligo- 

 cbseten-Typen," Ofv. Vet. Forb., Ivi, p. 4-11. 1899. 



Hab. — Farm between Pietermaritzburg and Grey town, 

 Natal ; at the roots of ferns, Mrs. Liebermann, November 

 lltli, 1911 (one specimen). "KaiJerlandet" (teste Michaelsen). 



The form pulchrior n. f. from Witpoortje in the Middle- 

 burg district, Transvaal (teste Michaelsen). 



When examining the material from the Transvaal I was of 

 the opinion that the main diiference between these specimens 

 and the type specimen of Kinberg was that the latter had 

 lost its colour through remaining in spirit for nearly fifty 

 years. ^ But recently I obtained a specimen that had been in 

 spirit only for a few hours, aiid it had the same pale coloration 

 as the type. It may therefore be stated that there does exist 

 a difference between the specimens from the Transvaal and 

 those from other localities, and consequently I distinguish the 

 Transvaal intensively coloured race from the typical form as 

 f . pulchrior n. f. 



Chilota braunsi Mich. PI. XXXII, fig. 3. 



Cbilota brauusi Mielwdsen, '" Terricolen von verscbiedenen Gebieten 

 der Erde,"' Mt. Mas. Hamburg, xvi, p. 102. fig. 21. 1899. 



Hab. — Zwaartkop Valley, three and a half miles west of 

 Pietermaritzburg, Natal (one not quite mature specimen). 



Port Elizabeth, Cape Province (teste Michaelsen). 



The penial seta3 of this species are characteristic in being of 

 a light wine-red colour. This was observed both in the type 

 and in the Natal specimen. The scales ornamenting the 

 penial seta? are distributed rather irregularly, and their 

 arrangement is somewhat variable. They are scattered in the 

 type, but in the specimen from Zwaartkop Valley they tend 

 to be grouped so as to form irregular transverse rows. 



' Miebaelsen, W., " Oligochseten vom tropiscben nnd sudlicli-snb- 

 tropiscben Afrika. I." ' Zoologica,' Heft 67, p. 146. 



