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Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol. XXII, 



(2) I received a small collection from Mr. R H. Whitehouse, 

 Marine Biologist to the Madras Fisheries Department, obtained 

 from the Laccadive Islands during a recent visit by one of his 

 assistants. 



(3) A tube of specimens, collected in Ma}', 1920 in the forests 

 of Shimoga and Kadur Districts, Mysore, which contained three 

 interesting species, two of which are new, was forwarded to me, 

 at the suggestion of Prof. J. P. Hill, by Mr. A. Subba Ran, a stu- 

 dent of University College, London. 



To the Director of the Zoological Survey, and to the other 

 gentlemen named, I am much indebted for the opportunitj^ of 

 examining these collections. I propose to offer a few general 

 remarks on them before passing to the systematic description. 



Distribution of the species investigated. 

 The species are distributed as follows: — 



Manipur . . 



Madras Pres. : — 



Madras City 



Nilgiris 



Barkuda 1 



Godaveri Dist. 

 Mysore 



Central Provinces 



Laccadive Islands. 



Brunchi'ura sowcrbyi, Bedd. 

 Pheretima hawayana (Rosa). 

 Phcrctima heterocbacta (Mich.). 

 Pcrionyx cxcavahis, E. Perrier. 

 Eulyphoeus manipurcnsis, sp. nov. 



Branchiodriliis menoni, Steph. 

 Branchiura soivcrbyi, Bedd. 

 Tubifcx (Tubifex) tubifcx (O. F.M.). 

 Plutellus aquatilis, sp. nov. 

 Pheretima hetcrochncfa (Mich.). 

 Perionyx saltans, Bourne. 

 Perionyx sansibaricns, Mich.. 

 Nats paragiiavensis , Mich. var. barku- 



densis, nov. 

 Octochaetus harkudcnsis, Steph.. 

 Eiidichogastcr barkudcnsis, sp. nov. 

 Megascolides annandalei, sp. nov. 

 Megascolex niauritii (Kinb.). 

 Drawida rani, sp. nov. 

 Perionyx mysorensis, sp. nov. 

 Glyphidrilus annandalei , Mich.. 

 Nais paraguayensis, Mich.. 

 Branchiodrilus sp. 

 Aulodrilus rcinex, sp. nov. 

 Megascolex niauritii (Kinb.). 

 Megascolex konkancnsis, Fedarb. 



The Oligochaeta of the Laccadive Islands. 



The Laccadives are a group of coral islands, the nearest of 

 which is about 150 miles from the Malabar Coast. The only pre- 

 vious account of the Oligochaeta of these islands is by Beddard, 



