ie ON A-COLMsClIiON OF OL LGCOCHAETA 
BELONGING TO. THE INDIAN 
MUSEUM. 
By J. StepHenson, M.B., D.Sc. (Lond.), Lieut.-Col. I.M.S., 
Professor of Zoology, Government College, Lahore. 
(Plates XXX—XXXIITI). 

CONTENTS. 
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INTRODUCTION ... eae 290 Gen. Megascolex poe) 
ae ,,. Pheretima acne | 304: 
Fam. ete wicie nda SEY Subfam. Octochaetinae 
Gne, Slavina Stihl oD 
De ee s Gen. Octochaetus ie BBO 
Lara x OS * 
ae Br actria Don . pee ee SH 
” “Aulophorus ood Subfam, Trigastrinae 
eg SES) Gen. Ludichogaster ... 344 
Fam. Tubificidae ve 307 5, Dichogaster rep 346 
Gen. Lzmnodr tlits saa KOH Subfam. Ocnerodrilinae 
Fam. Moniligastridae BAe 8307 Gen. Ocnerodrilus ... 348 
Gen. LECCE, eee od Fam. Glossoscolecidae sno IG. 
Fam. Megascolecidae- oot Gu! Subfam. Glossoscolecinae 
Subfam. Megascolecinae Gen. Pontoscolex Se 340 
Gen, Fede per g ou Subfam. Microchaetinae 
,, Megascolides shea ue Gen. Glyphidrilus ,., ; 
: Lampito Spe ee SUS J? a 
,, Pertonyx PARA Sy) Fam. Lumbricidae B58 (2152 
Notoscolex Teh S25 Gen, Helodrilus 352 
INTRODUCTION. 
The following paper describes a collection of Oligochaeta 
belonging to the Indian Museum, which has been accumulating for 
some time. Contained in the collection were a number of worms 
from Trivandrum and places in the vicinity, handed over to the 
Indian Museum by the authorities of the Trivandrum Museum. 
I have also added a few records of worms that have come into my 
hands from other sources during the preparation of the paper. 
_ Nineteen forms are described as new, either species or varie- 
ties ; and one or two more, which I have not named, may be so 
also. In addition I have given fairly complete descriptions of a 
few forms which have only been recorded and described once, and 
that, perhaps, some time ago. 
There is no addition of importance to our knowledge of the 
distribution of Indian earthworms; indeed this is hardly to be 
