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the position of the external apertures, and, above all, the very 

 characteristic arrangement of the coloured stripes, are identical. 

 The general ground tint of the body in life was brown or bluish- 

 brown, and the three narrow stripes, usually of " pale-yellow or 

 greenish-yellow," lying in and near the mid-dorsal line, were 

 decidedly green. When crawling, the specimen measured 44mm. 

 long by 3 mm. broad. 



Locality. — Bedlam Heights (Professor Spencer). 



Geoplatia typhlops, n. sp. 



Geoplajia alba, Dendy, Proc. A.A.A.8., Hobart, 1892, p. 370. 



(Not G. alba of previous papers). 



In my previous notes on Tasmanian Land Planarians (loc. cit.) 

 I identified two specimens of this species with the common 

 Victorian G. alba, which it closely resembles in size, shape and 

 colour. I noted, however, that I could find no eyes, and 

 suggested that I might have overlooked them in the spirit- 

 preserved specimens. I have, however, since then received several 

 additional specimens, none of which show any eyes. One of these 

 specimens I carefully examined in the living condition and could 

 detect no eyes either under a hand-lens or when the head was 

 compressed and examined under the microscope. The other 

 specimens were examined in spirit. The Victorian specimens of 

 G. alba, on the other hand, and also specimens of the same species 

 which I have obtained from New Zealand, show the eyes distinctly 

 under the dissecting microscope, even after being kept in spirits 

 for many months. It therefore appears desirable to give a fresh 

 specific name to the Tasmanian specimens, although I still believe 

 them. to be closely related to the common and widely distributed 

 G. alba. 



The following description of the species is based upon a very 

 fine specimen which i-eached me alive and was collected by Mr. 

 L. J. Balfour at Mount Wellington (Tasmania), in March, 

 1892 : — When alive of a pale brownish-yellow colour on the dorsal 

 surface ; still paler on the ventral ; anterior tip white. No stripes 

 at all. When crawling, about 115 mm. in length and 4 mm. 

 broad. In shape and size exactly like a large specimen of G. 

 alba, with the same characteristic crenate edses when at rest and 



