iqrS.] R. H. Whitehouse : Indian Land Planarians. 39 



groove, though it is difficult to say how much this may be due to 

 the effect of the preservative. 



Pelmatoplana striata, n. sp. 



(Plate XI, figs. 39-41). 



Indian Museum Collection No. ZEV^V^B. 



Two specimens of this planarian were taken by Dr. Annandale 

 at Maddathora}^ in Travancore from beneath rotten wood in the 

 jungle in October 1908 ; both specimens are of about equal size, 

 measuring 42 mm. in length and 5 mm. in breadth ; the ambulacra! 

 surface is very narrow being less than a millimetre broad. Neither 

 the mouth nor the genital opening can be seen probably owing to 

 the fact that there is a groove running along the middle of the 

 ambulacral area, and the apertures being situated at the bottom 

 are invisible. However, the pharyngeal swelling, 20 mm. from the 

 anterior end. would place the mouth at about half way along 

 the ventral side, with the genital opening not far away. No eves 

 can be distinguished. 



The general colour is a rather pale grey brown ; six longitu- 

 dinal dark stripes run from end to end ; (i) a pair of closel}^ 

 approximated lines separated only by an extremely thin pale line ; 

 they are jet black and prominent; (2) an inner lateral, and (3) an 

 outer lateral line on each side of equal strength and not much 

 darker than the ground colour. Between the middle pair and the 

 inner laterals is a pale creamy white area. Ventrally the colour is 

 similar to the general colour of the dorsal side, except for the pale 

 narrow ambulacral surface, which extends to both extremities. 



Bipalium indica, n, sp. 

 (Plate XI, figs. 42 and 43.) 



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

 ZEV ^^ ; ZEV ^-V^« ; ZEV ^^^. 



This planarian has been found in Calcutta and at Coimbatoire 

 in Southern India ; it appears to be the commonest land planarian 

 in the Calcutta district, and it will no doubt be found to have 

 a somewhat extensive distribution in this country. 



From the number of specimens collected, the length of the 

 body may be put down as from 30 mm. to 40 mm. and the breadth 

 from 3 mm. to 5 mm.; the head lobe is a little wider than the 

 trunk ; the mouth is situated about half the distance along the 

 body, and the genital opening roughly half way between the 

 mouth and the posterior extremity. 



The dorsal colouration varies in different animals and in 

 different parts of the same animal from a pale biscuit brown to a 

 darkish dull brown ; sometimes the body is distinctly patchy 

 but usually the colour is even. There is an indication of a median 

 pale stripe, but it is usually no more than an indication, except in 



