946 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN EARTHWORMS, 



A. INTRACLITELLIAN WORMS. 



1. Lumbricus Nov^-Hollandi^:, Kinberg. 



Lumbricus Novce-Hollandice, Annulata nova, Ofversigt af Kongl. 



Vetenshaps-Akademiens Fcirhandlingar 1866, p. 99. 



Lobus cephalicus integer, postice quadrangularis, antice semi- 

 circularis, segmentum primum corporis longitudine sequans ; 

 cingulum segmenta corporis 20-26 occupans ; tubercula ventralia 

 (male pores) nulla; longitndo 75 mm.; segmenta 110. Setae 

 ubique binge approximate ; juniores 1-2 validiores. Jun. 



Sidney Novse-Hollandise, ubi terram humidam habitat. 



Obs. — The above is Kinberg's description in full. I have not 

 yet met with any Australian worm having a clitellum comprising 

 segments xx to xxvi. 



2. Lumbricus (Allobophora) Australiensis, n. sp. 



Lnimbricus JN ovce- Holland ice, Flet. ante p. 539. 



For this species of which I have already given a description I 

 propose the above name. It differs from Kinberg's species, among 

 other things, in the clitellum occupying segments xxvn to xxxiv. 



Since my description was published I find that in a recent paper 

 Bergh mentions that a fourfold arrangement of thevesiculaaseminales 

 obtains in several European species which are referred to Eisen's 

 sub-genus Allobo2)hora, characterised by having the male pores on 

 xv, and the buccal ring only partially divided by the prostomium. 

 (I) As the worm described by me also possesses these three 

 characters, it belongs to the same group. 



As further evidence of the abundance and wide distribution 

 of this species I may mention that through the kindness of 

 Mrs. Caird and the Rev. K. Corner to whom my thanks are 

 due, I have received two parcels of worms, one from Braidwood, 



(1) Zool. Anz. ix. Jahrg. p. 232. Abst. in Jour. Koy. Microsc. Soc. Aug 

 1886, p. GOO. 



