ART. 10 EAR.THWORM FAUNA OF BURMA GATES 6 



in which the following were either described or recorded from Burma 

 for the first time: 



1888 Now Type locality 



Perichaetafeae Pheretima feae Kawkareik. 



Perichaeta birmanica Pheretima birmanica Bhamo. 



Megascolex armatus. Megascolex mavritii Manrialay. 



Perionyx excavatus. Bhamo. 



1890a 



Desrnogaster doriae Meteleo. 



Moniligaster beddardii __ Drawida barwelli Chiala. 



Bilimba papillata.. Glyphidrilus papillatus Cobapo, 



Typhaeus laevis Eutyphoeus levis. Cobapo. 



Typhaeus foveatus. _ Eutyphoeus foveatus Rangoon. 



18906 



Perichaeta carinensis Pheretima carinensis Meteleo. 



Perichaeta bournei Pheretima bournei Cobapo. 



Perichaeta peguana Pheretima peguana Rangoon. 



Perichaeta campanulata- Pheretima campanulata Palon. 



Perionyx arboricola. Cobapo. 



These worms had been secured by Signor Leonardo Fea in the 

 course of four years collecting in a region extending from Moulmein 

 to Bhamo. 



Smaller collections of earthworms made by friends and officers of 

 the Indian Museum at Calcutta have been studied by Michaelsen 

 and by Stephenson. Three new species were described by Michael- 

 sen in 1907: 



Eupolygaster browni Lashio. 



Woodwardia bunkilli Buthidaung, Akyab. 



Pheretima andersoni Amherst. 



In an elaboration of the 1907 paper Michaelsen (1908) added: 

 Pheretima heterochaeta Manchio. 



In this paper Burma is included in the habitat of Pheretima houl- 

 leti, the writer cojisidering Rosa's P. campanulata to be a synonym of 

 P. houlleti. Stephenson in 1923 followed Michaelsen in this respect. 

 It has since been shown (Gates 1927a) that Rosa's species is valid. 



Stephenson, in three papers in the Records of the Indian Museum, 

 recorded three further species from the Province : 



1912. Pheretima posthuma Yenang3'aung, etc. 



1916. Pheretima lignicola Thinganyinaung, etc. 



1918. Perionyx fulvus Inle Lake. 



In 1923 Stephenson listed 37 species of earthworms from Burma. 

 The area designated by this name included, however, in addition to 

 Burma proper, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as Ran- 

 gamati, a district which is part of the Province of Bengal. Seven- 

 teen of the worms so listed had been found in only one of these three 



