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1931. Pherctima {Ph.) hawayana Michaelsen, Lingnan Sci. Journ., vol. 8, p. 159 

 (part) (excluding qnadritheoal forms) ; Zool. Jahrb. (Abt. Syst.), vol. 

 61, p. 574 (Hongkong and Canton; Berlin Museum) ; Peking Nat. Hist. 

 Bull., vol. 5, pt. 3, p. 3 (part) (excluding quadritliecal forms). 



1931. Pheretima (Ph.) hawayana Chen, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, zool. 



ser., vol. 7, p. 142 (part) (excluding synonymy of quadritliecal forms; 

 Szechwan). 



1932. Pheretima hawayana Gates, Lingnan Sci. Journ., vol. 11, p. 512 (part) 



(excluding quadrithecal forms). 



1933. Pheretima hawayana Chen, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soo. China, zool. ser., 



vol. 9, p. 238 (Chekiang). 

 1935. Pheretima hawayana Chen, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, zool. ser., 

 vol. 11, p. 121 (Amoy) ; Bull. Fan Inst. Biol. Peiping, vol. 0, p. 33 

 (Hongkong). 



THE FOLLOWING PLACED DOtTBTFULLT IN SYNONYMY: 



1910, Pheretima hawayana var. harhudensis Michaelskn, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. 

 Hamburg, vol. 27, p. 102 (Foochovr). 



1927. Pheretima hawayana Michaelsen, Boll. Lab. Zool. Portici, vol. 21, p. 84 

 (Yunnan). (According to Michaelsen the setae are enlarged on iv-viii, 

 which may perhaps be regarded as an indication that the worm actually 

 is hawayana, but the number of spermathecae is not mentioned.) 



Material examitied. — From the British Museum : 3 specimens from 

 a tube " labeled "P. harhadensis 1904.10.5.1219.1228. Hongkong coll. 

 Beddard" (an additional label inside the tube is as follows: ^^Phere- 

 tima harhadensis and varieties?") ; 4 specimens from a tube labeled 

 *'P. morrisi 1904-10.5.453. Hongkong coll. Beddard"; and 2 speci- 

 mens labeled ''''Pheretima haroayana forma typica. (1925.55.12.12/13. 

 Tcngyueh, Yunnan. Indian Museum." From Dr. Graham : 1 speci- 

 men labeled "Suifu, April 1923"; 1 specimen labeled "Suifu, 1,000- 

 1,500 feet, May 21-26, 1930"; 1 specimen labeled "South of Suifu, 

 1,200 feet, May 11, 1924"; 1 specimen labeled "Suifu, June 1924"; 1 

 specimen labeled "Between Suifu and Kiating, 1,000-1,400 feet, June 

 26- July 3, 1930." 



PHERETIMA HONGKONGENSIS Michaelsen 



1910. Pheretima hongkongcnais Michaei.skn, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, 

 vol. 27, p. 107 (type locality: Hongkong; type in the Hamburg Museum). 



1931. Pheretima {Ph.) hongkongensis Michaelsen, Lingnan Sci. Journ., vol 8, 

 p. 159; Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., ^ol. 5, pt. 3, p. 2. 



1935. Pheretima hongkongensis Gates, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 93, no. 3, 

 p. 10. 



•The first tube from the British Aluseum contains specimens of P. haicayana, P. 

 morrisi, P. diffringens, and a species of Pheretima with sperniathecal pores on 7/8-8/9. 

 The second tube contains specimens of P. hawayana, P. morrisi, and a species of 

 Pheretima with sperniathecal pores on 7/8-8/9. A third tube labeled "Pheretima iar- 

 hadensis 1914.10.5.1347.54. Calcutta coll. Beddard" contains specimens of P. tnorrisi, 

 P. houUeti, and P. posthuma. 



