ON KYNOTUS CINGULATUS. 445 
On Kynotus cingulatus, a New Species of 
Earthworm from Imerina in Madagascar. 
By 
W. Blaxland Benham, D.Sc.Lond., Hon. MW.A.Oxon., 
Aldrichian Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy in the University of 
Oxford. 
With Plates 33 and 34. 
Tue subject of the present paper was handed to me by 
Professor Bell, of the British Museum, in 1898, for identifi- 
cation. The delay of more than a year in completing the 
description of this worm, which presents points of novelty 
deserving earlier publication, is due to press of other work. I 
have once more to acknowledge my indebtedness to my friend 
Professor Jeffrey Bell, and to tender my thanks to the autho- 
rities of the British Museum for their generosity in permitting 
me to “ work my will” on the specimens handed to me. 
The genus Kynotus was founded by Michaelsen! in 
1891, and in addition to the original species, three have since 
been described, two by himself? and one by Rosa.® All 
these, like the present new species, were collected in Mada- 
gascar. 
One of the most striking characters of the genus is the great 
number and small size of the segments composing the body, 
quite apart from the total size of the worm. The species of 
this genus are of considerable length, though none are of any 
1 «Arch. f. Naturgesch.,’ 1891 (K. madagascariensis). 
2 «Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst.,’ ix, 1891 (K. longus); ‘Arch. f, 
Naturgesch.,’ 1892 (K. kelleri). 
3 K. michaelsenii, ‘ Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino,’ vii, 1892. 
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