CHINESE EARTHWORMS GATES 449 



1931. Phcrvliina (Ph.) hupeieiisis Chen, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, 



zool. ser., vol. 7, p. 122 (Szechwan). 

 1933. Pheretinia hnpciensis Chen, Coutr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, zool. ser., 



vol. 9, p. 251 (Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwei, Kiangsi). 

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



11, p. 121 (Amoy). 



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



p. 11. 



1936. Pheretima hupeietisis Chen. Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, zool. 



ser., vol. 11, p. 271 (Szechwan). 



Material examined. — From the Hamburg Museum: 1 clitellate 

 specimen labeled "V 9086. PheretinKi hwpeiensh Mich. Cohn. 

 Futschau." 



External characteristics. — The setae begin on ii, on which seg- 

 ment there is a complete setal circle. The setae are small and closely 

 crowded both dorsally and ventrally, and the circles are without 

 definite middorsal or midventral breaks. Setal formula: vii/15, 

 viii/19, xviii/18, xx/<?a.85. There is a row of setae ventrally on each 

 of the clitellar segments: xiv-10, xv-9, xvi-14, the row on xiv with 

 a mid ventral break just behind the female pore. 



The first dorsal pore is on 11/12. 



The clitellum is annular, extending from 18/14 to 16/17; inter- 

 segmental furrows and dorsal pores lacking. 



The spermathecal pores are minute, segmental in position, on the 

 anteriormost margins of vii, viii, and ix: each pore on a very small, 

 slightly protuberant, rounded knob. 



Tlie male pores are superficial, each pore at the center of a 

 small, nearly circular, grayish area, the pore itself in a slight trans- 

 verse depression. The male pore areas are located in the setal circle 

 of xviii and are not very sharply marked off from the neighboring 

 l)ortions of the body wall. 



The genital markings are tAvo pairs, on 17/] 8 and 18/19, the 

 intersegmental furrows ending abruptly against the bases of the 

 markings. Each marking is slightly elevated, flattened, with a gray- 

 ish translucent appearance, the rim slightly more opaque than the 

 center. The center of a genital marking is very slightly median to 

 the center of the male pore area. The markings are transversely 

 oval to almost circular and about 3-5 intersetal intervals wide trans- 

 versely. 



Internal anatomy. — All septa from 5/6-13/14 are present and more 

 or less thickly muscular. 



The intestinal caeca are simple, both dorsal and ventral margins 

 smooth. The intestine begins in xv. There is a small but definitely 

 lobed, glandidar collar on the esophagus in ix. just behind 8/9. 



