1918.] R. H. WhitehousE ; Indian Land Planarians. 33 



mated and very fine; and two pairs of lateral stripes, the inner 

 pair of which are much the strongest of all. Ventrally, the brown 

 colour is continued from the dorsal side, except for the ambulacral 

 surface which is grey ; in light coloured varieties this contrasts 

 with the general surface as darker, but where the brown pigment 

 is is marked, the ambulacral surface appears lighter in contrast. 



Bipalium diana (Humbert). 

 (Plate XI, figs. iQ and 20). 



Indian Museum Collection No. ZEV ^V -^ 



Three specimens of this species, one only of which is complete, 

 were collected by Dr. Gravely at Peradeniya, Ceylon. They are 

 typical forms corresponding exactly with those already recorded 

 from the same and other localities in Ceylon by a number of 

 observers. 



Dorsally, it is brownish-grey with mottlings of black; a 

 closely approximated median pair of black lines runs the whole 

 length of the body, expanding on the head to a crescentic marking ; 

 the pale stripe of ground colour between the median lines swells out 

 to a club-shaped form on the middle of the head. The extreme 

 edge of the head lobe is black with numerous eyes and the band 

 between them and the black patch is devoid of mottling. 



On the ventral side, the colour is grey with a cream ambula- 

 cral surface having a light brown centre. 



The species is easy to recognize in older specimens, though in 

 the young forms it is said to have lateral dark bands along the 

 body, which are lost in older animals, 



Bipalium giganteum (Whitehouse), 



Indian Museum Collection No. ZEV ^'"y"^. 



Previously recorded from Dibrugarh, Assam, this species was 

 again taken in N.E. Assam at Tezpore by Major T. E. Spragge 

 White. The tube contained three broken pieces of a specimen 

 which is however still incomplete. 



Bipalium andrewcsi, n. sp. 



(Plate XI, figs. 21 and 22.) 



Indian Museum Collection No. ZEV ^-V-Q. 



Only a single specimen of this attractive planarian was taken 

 by Mr. Andrewes on the western slopes of the Nilgiri Hills 

 at an altitude of 2000-3000 ft. in August 191 1. In build, the 

 animal is small and sturdy with a comparatively small head lobe. 

 Its measurements are as follows : — 



Length of the body . . . . 10 mm. 



Breadth of the body . . • • 3 "^m. 



Breadth of the head lobe . . 4 mm. 



Breadth of the ambulacral surface .. i mm. 



