ART. 10 



EARTHWORM FAUNA OF BURMA GATES 



At the present time that portion of the oHgochaete fauna of the 

 Province which is known comprises 56 vaUd species distributed 

 among five subfamihes as follows (peregrine species starred): 



MONILIO ASTRINA E 



Desmogaster doriae. 

 Eupolygaster hrowni. 

 Drawida barwelli* 



caerulea. 



constricta. 



flexa. 



fluviatilis. 



Pontodrilus bermudensis.* 

 Woodwardia burkilli. 

 Notoscolex birmanicus. 



depressus. 



lunatus. 

 Megascolex mauritii.* 

 Pherelima anomala. 



andersoni. 



birmanica. 



bournei. 



companulata.* 



carinensis. 



elongata.* 



feae. 



Odochaetus birmanicus. 



lunatus. 

 Eutyphoeus bifovis. 



constriclus. 



excavatus. 



foveatus. 



hastatus. 



Drawida gracilis, 

 longatria. 

 peguana. 

 rangoonensis. 

 rara. 

 tecta. 

 tumida. 



Megascolecinae 



Pheretima hawayana.* 

 heterochaeta.* 

 houlleti.* 

 insolita. 

 lignicola.* 

 minuta. 

 ornata. 

 peguana.* 

 planata.* 

 posthuma.* 



Perionyx arboricola. 

 excavatus.* 

 fulvus.* 



Octochaetinae 



Eutyphoeus planatus. 



peguanus. 



rarus. 



similis. 



spinulosus. 

 Ramiella parva. 



Olossoscolecinae 

 Pontoscolex corethrurus.* 



MiCROCHAETINAE 



Glyphidrilus papillatus.* 



ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 



LOCAL DISTRIBUTION 



If a line be drawn on a map of Burma from Moulmein west to 

 Bassein, thence north to Mandalay, and then south to Moulmein, a 

 triangular area in the southern half of the central basin region will be 

 marked off. The relatively small and possibly least interesting por- 

 tion of the Province thus delimited contains practically all of the 

 localities where anything has been done in the way of collecting 



