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Bipalium floweri (v. Graff). 

 (Plate XI, figs. 15 and 16). 



Indian Museum Collection Nos. ZEV ^-V-; ZEV '"^-V"^ ; 

 ZEV ^-V". 



This is one of the larger land planarians of Ceylon ; it was first 

 collected by Mr. E. E. Green at Punduloya, Rambodda, and the 

 specimen is now in the British Museum. 



It has again been found by Dr. Gravely in Pattipola and 

 on the Horton Plains at an altitude of 7,000 ft. One of the Patti- 

 pola specimens is the largest yet collected, being 78 mm. long and 8 

 mm. broad. 



The dorsal head pattern is characteristic; a prominent black 

 band follows the periphery of the head lobe and parallel to this 

 band is an orange stripe, which in turn is followed by another 

 dark band which passes gradually into the dark brown colour 

 of the trunk ; the trunk colouring lacks pattern and is an even 

 dark muddy brown. 



Ventrally, the general surface is somewhat paler than the 

 dorsal side, especially on the head; the latter has a thin dark line 

 at the extreme edge terminating at the angle of the lappets. The 

 ambulacral surface is cream coloured and at the anterior end 

 its raised central portion is a distinct light brown. 



Dolichoplana feildeni (v. Graff). 

 (Plate XI, figs. 17 and 18.) 



Indian Museum Collection No. ZEV ^yi- 



This species is most interesting from the fact that it is an 

 exception to the general rule that land planarians are local in 

 distribution, having been taken in Java, Ceylon and the Barba- 

 does. As V. Graff remarks, except for Placocephalus kewensis, 

 which is cosmopolitan, it is the only land planarian that is found 

 in the Oriental and Neotropical regions. It was previously re- 

 corded from Ceylon having been collected by Mr. E. E. Green and 

 preserved in the British Museum. 



The Indian Museum specimens, collected by Dr. Gravely, 

 were taken at Peradeniya, Ceylon, in June 1910 ; they are about 

 the same size as Green's specimens, measuring about 47 mm. 

 in length and 3 mm. broad: the Javanese specimens are said 

 to attain even a length of 300 mm. in the living condition, though 

 the same individuals shrink to 77 mm. when preserved. It is 

 therefore safe to assume that the Ceylon forms are capable of an 

 extension to 150 mm. The species is described as being extremely 

 active, exhibiting excessive contractions in its movements. 



There is some variety in the general colour; the Javanese 

 type is said to be yellowish while those from Ceylon are, at least in 

 the preserved state, dark brown, though in Hfe the same animal 

 may be distinctly light coloured. Six longitudinal black stripes 

 are distinguishable; a pair of median lines, very closely approxi- 



