On an Earthworm from Eeuador. 237 
Palpi picei, parte femorali sordide testacea, Pedes ad partem 
nigricantes vel subpicei, ad partem testacei: 1' paris picei sunt, 
femoribus fascia longitudinali subtestacea supra notatis, coxis, 
patellis et tibiis testaceis (saltem patella tamen linea picea longi- 
tudinali utrinque notatis); metatarsi hujus paris fuliginei sunt, 
fascia longitudinal testacea supra, tarsi nigricanti-testacei. In 
pedibus 2' paris coxze et femora ad maximam partem picea sunt, 
sequentia internodia vero testacea, linea longitudinali picea utrin- 
que, per patellam et tibiam usque in metatarsum ducta, Pedes 
posteriores picei, patellis basi oblique et metatarsi apice testaceis, 
tarsis testaceis totis, trochanteribus 4' paris testaceis quojyue, 
Abdomen nigro-piceum, subter paullo pallidius, pilis appressis 
tenuibus albis sat dense vestitum. Mamille testaceo-picec. 
2 jun.—Lg. corp. 43; lg. cephaloth. po 22, lat. ej. 1: Ig. abd. 2, 
lat. ej. pene 14 millim. Ped. I. circa. 5$, II. cirea 32, IIL. 4, 
IV. fere 632 millim. longi; pat.+tib. IV. pene 2 millim. 
One specimen only, a not fully developed female. 
13. Plevippus Paykullit (Aud. in Sav.) 
1827. Attus Paykullii, Aud. in Sav., Deser. de l'Byypte, 2° éd. xx. 
p- 172, pl. vii. fig. 22. 
A male and a female, both adult. 
14. Telamonia Peckhamit, Thor. 
1891. Telamonia Peckhamii, Thor., Spindl. fr. Nikobarerna &e., loc. crt. 
p. 125 
A single nearly adult female. ‘This species had hitherto 
been met with only in the Nicobar Islands and in Sumatra. 
XXXIV.—An Harthworm from Ecuador (Rhinodrilus ecua- 
doriensis). By W.BLAXLAND BENHAM, D.Sc. (London), 
Aldrichian Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy in the 
University of Oxford. 
[Plate X.] 
On November 23, 1889, I received, owing to the kind 
suggestion of my friend Prof. Jeffrey Bell, two small earthi- 
worms from Mr. Edward Whymper for the purpose of iden- 
tification; and I wish to record my best thanks to that 
gentleman for allowing me not only to identify them but to 
retain them for purposes of further research. 
The two worms, from their external characters, appeared 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. ix. 1h 
