GO LUMBRICID^. 



The Segg-worm, Hofland, Angl. Man. 11. 



The Peacock-red, or black-headed Red-worm, Hofland, Angl. Man. 1 1 . 

 The Trout-worm, Prov. 

 Hah. Wet gi-avelly ground on the sides of rivers and burns ; under 

 the masses of confervse, &c. on the front of rocks over which water 

 trickles ; &c. Very common. 



Ohs. The skin is not iridescent, or only so in a slight degree. 

 The segments of the clitellus are commonly so fused together that 

 their number becomes conjectural. A favourite bait for the river 

 trout. 



{a) Devon, Mus. Leach. 



{h) Hammersmith, Dr. J. E. Gray. 



(e) Berwick, Br. Johnston. 



3. L. viridis, body greenish, cylindrical, shghtly tapered to the 

 tail, with the cUtellus near the centre ; segments undivided by a 

 line; vulvae on the 16th. Length 2". 



Lumbrici minores virides, Raii Insect. Hist. iii. 



Lumbricus riparius, Hoffmeister, Art. der Regenw. 30. pi. fig. 4. opt. 



Lumbricus chloroticus, Grube, Fam. Annel. 99. 



Hab. Under stones in pasture fields and at burn-sides : often under 

 the dried droppings of cattle. Common. 



Obs. The body is more or less stained of a dirty green or moun- 

 tain-green colour. The portion posterior to the clitellus is almost 

 cylindrical even to the end, where it rather tapers than dilates ; and 

 it appears to be not longer, and sometimes even shorter, than the 

 anterior portion. It is a dull and inactive species, throwing itself 

 into an imperfect coil when disturbed. The spinets seem to be pro- 

 portionably less than in L. minor. It is rejected by the angler. 



(a) Rhodam, Northumberland, Dr. Johnston. 



4 . L. anatomicus, clitellus of seven segments ; vulvae on the 1 6th ; 

 second segment with abbreviate furrows confluent behind so as to 

 define a semioval or quadrangular space behind the head ; segments 

 dimidiate. Length 7". 



Lumbricus anatomicus, Duges in Ann. des Sc. nat. xv. 289 (1828), 



pi. 9. f, 17, 18, 23. Grube, Fam. Annel. 99. 

 L. caliginosus ?, Duges in Ann. des Sc. nat. ser. 2. viii. 19. 

 L. lividus?, Templeton in Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 235. 

 Lumbricus communis, Hoffmeister, Art. der Regenw. 23. pi. fig. 3. 

 Black-head or Button-Worm, Stoddart's Angl. Comp. 111. 

 The black-headed small tailed Worm, Younger on River Angling, 82. 



Hab. In meadows and in gardens. Common. 



Obs. The portion of the body anterior to the clitellus is of a uni- 

 form dull umber-brown colour, and the posterior portion is a pale 

 orange-brown dusked with the contents of the intestine. There is 

 very often no clitellus, nor is it ever so distinctly marked as in 



