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Pheretima hawayana (Rosa). 



W. 74/1. Nepal Valley, E. Himalayas ; 4500-6500 ft. Col. Manners- 

 Smith. A single specimen. 



Pheretima annandalei, sp. nov. 

 (PI. xvi, fig. 11). 



W. 8/1. Casuarina woods at'Singgora, Tale Sap, Siam. 20-1-1916. N. 

 Annandale. A single specimen, the first four segments damaged. 



External characters. — Length 58 ram. ; thickness 4 mm. Colour 

 varied, rather blotchy, generally pale, with a greenish tinge behind 

 the clitellum ; anteriorly buff, with a brownish pigmentation dor- 

 sally in the first few segments ; clitellum drab-grey. Segments 63. 



Prostomium ? 



Dorsal pores not distinguishable in front of the clitellum ; 

 there may be one at the anterior border of the clitellum, in furrow 



13/14- 



The setae are in rings; the dorsal interval is small and rather 

 irregular {zz = i|y^ in front of the clitellum, less behind) ; the 

 ring is almost or quite closed ventrally. The setae in front of 

 segment x are rather larger than the average size, and those situ- 

 ated dorsally on segments x and xi are markedly small. There is in 

 general no marked difference in the setal intervals in different 

 parts of the ring, though they are closer ventrally in some of the 

 anterior segments, e.g., viii and ix. The following numbers were 

 counted: 43/v, 59/ix, 55/xii, 51/xix, and 53 in the middle of the 

 body. 



The clitellum extends over segments xiv-xvi = 3 ; it is 

 smooth and rather swollen, without setae or dorsal pores. 



The male apertures are situated ventro-laterally, widely apart 

 on segment xviii, the interval between them being about equal to 

 one-third of the circumference ; twelve setae intervene. The aper- 

 tures are transverse slits, not much raised, with much puckered 

 lips, in the line of the setae. 



The female pore or pores may be represented by a small slight- 

 ly raised white patch on segment xiv, near the anterior border of 

 the clitellum. 



The spermathecal apertures are small, with slightly tumid 

 lips, in furrows 5/6, 6/7, 7/8 and 8/9 ; they are situated rather 

 above the lateral line of the body, the interval between those of 

 a pair, measured across the dorsum, being five twelfths of the 

 circumference. 



Genital markings are present as small papillae in the male and 

 spermathecal regions. The posterior cluster, about a dozen in 

 number, is situated midventrally on segments xviii and xix. 

 The anterior, seven in number, is midventral on viii, in front of 

 and behind the line of the setae. 



Internal anatomy. — Septum 4/5 is thin ; 5/6 and 6/7 are some- 

 what thickened, and have a dense fur of micronephridia on their 



