230 WILLIAM BLAXLAND BENHAM. 
The following are new forms of Lumbricus described by 
Eisen (15) : 
Lumbricus puter. 
Syn. Allolobophora Becki, Rosa (17). 
Dendrobena Beckii, Hisen (15). 
L. purpureus.—Two pairs of spermathece, in somites 
IX, X; opening posteriorly. 
Allolobophora subrubricunda.—One pair of sperma- 
thecz, in somite x; opening anteriorly. 
Rosa (17) has added the following European forms: 
Allolobophora constricta. 
All. minima. 
All. transpadana.—Five pairs of spermathecz, in somites 
VI, VII, VIII, IX, X; Opening posteriorly. 
All. profuga.—Four pairs of spermathecz, in somites Ix, 
Ko xd, XU. 
All. alpina.—Two pairs of spermathecze, in somites Ix, x. 
L. melibeus.—Two pairs of spermathece, in somites 1x, xX; 
opening posteriorly. 
Kinberg (19) described several new species of Lumbricus, 
though probably some of them belong to other genera. They 
are extra-Huropean : 
L. Josephine, from St. Helena. 
L. infelix, from Port Natal. 
L. armatus, from Buenos Ayres. 
L. Nove-hollandiz, from Sydney. 
L. Helene, from St. Helena. 
L. Hortensiz, from St. Helena. 
L. Vineti, from Madeira. 
L. pampicola, from Montevideo. 
L. tellus, from Buenos Ayres. 
L. Tahitana, from Tahiti. 
L. capensis, from Cape of Good Hope. 
L. Apii, from California. 
In 1851 Grube (23) described L. triannularis, and L, 
multispinus (Hchinodrilus, Vaillant). 
