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PHERETIMA GUILLELMI (Michaelsen) 



1895. Periehaeta gtiillelml Michaelsen, Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamburg, vol. 13, no. 



2, p. 32, (tn)e locality: Shi-hui-yao near Wucbanji, Hupei ; types in 



the Hamburg Museum). 

 1925. Pheretima hoidleti Stephenson. Troc. Zool. Soc. London, 1925, p. 890 



(Nanking; specimens in the British Museum). 



1930. Pheretima vvlyaris agrlcola Chen, Sci. Rep. Nat. Cent. Univ. Nanking, 



ser. B, vol. 1, p. 18 (part only ?) (type locality: Nanking ?; types ?). 



1931. Peretima houUeti Michaelsen, Lingnan Sci. Journ., vol. 8. p. 159 (part 



only ?) (excluding houlleti Michaelsen, 1899 ?). 



1931. Pheretima (Ph.) houlleti Michaelsen (part only ?) (excluding houlleti 



Michaelsen, 1899 ?)+P. yniUclmi Michaelsen, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 

 vol. 5, pt. 3, pp. 2, 13. 



1932. Pheretima guillelmi Gates, Jjiugnan Sci. Journ., vol. 11, p. 511. 



1933. Pheretima guiUehni Chen, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, zool. ser., 



vol. 9, p. 249 (part) (excluding P. vulgaris in part, forms vrith copu- 

 latory chambers). 

 1933. Pheretima iehungcnsis Fang, Sinensia, vol. 7, p. 180 (type locality: 

 Ichang, Hupei; types in the Metropolitan iluseuni of ChiTia). 



1935. Pheretima guillelmi Gates, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 93, no. 3, p. 10. 



THE FOLLOWING PLACED DOUBTFULLY IX SYNONYMY : 



1899. Amyntas houlleti Michaelsen, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 16, 

 p. 12. 



1936. Pheretima guillelmi Chen, Contr. P>ioI. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, zool. ser., 



vol. 11, p. 270 (Szechwan). 



Material examined. — From the Hamburg- Museum: (> specimens 

 labeled '■^Pheretima [Ph.) guWelmi Mich. W. Lohr 1. d. China. 

 Prov. Hupei. Original Stucke." From tlie British Museum: 4 

 clitellate specimens labeled "P. HoidUtiP From the Metropolitan 

 Museum of China : 2 dissected clitellate specimens labeled "F. ichang- 

 ensis Fang. Ichang. Hupeh. 1929." From the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum: 2 aclitellate and 15 clitellate specimens labeled "Kiangsu- 

 Nanking. National Southeastern University by C. Ping.*' 



External characterhtics. — Length, 9(>-150 mm. Diameter, 5-8 

 mm. 



The setae begin on ii, on which .segment there is a complete circle. 

 Setae of the preclitellar segments are enlarged, especially ventrally, 

 the size decreasing posteriorly; regularly spaced. Middorsal and 

 midventral gaps may be entirely lacking in the setal circles; the mid- 

 dorsal gaps, when present, variable in v.idth; a midventral break, 

 when present, very slight. The setal numbers are as follows: 



