400 On the Cryptozoic Fauna of New Zealand. 



16. Bipalium Jcewense, Moseley. 



Bipalium kewense, Moseley, Ann. & Mag-. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. 

 p. 238. 



This widely distributed Land-Planarian was also found at 

 Albert Park, Auckland, by Mr. Steel. 



[Captain Hutton informs me that the record of Bipalium 

 in his essay ou the New Zealand fauna * was based upon a 

 mistake for which he is not responsible.] 



Observations on a new Land-Nemertine. 



Geonemertes nova- zealandios is at present known only 



from two spirit-specimens which I found among collections of 



Land-Planarians given to me for investigation by Captain 



Hutton and Mr. Suter. One of the two specimens was 



collected at Toi-Toi, Southland, by Miss Eich; the exact 



locality of the other is unknown, but it is very likely that it 



came from the same place. Both specimens exhibited a 



characteristic and identical arrangement of alternate dark and 



light longitudinal bands on the dorsal surface, although the 



colour of one was much faded. In the fresher-looking 



specimen the light bands were very pale yellow and the dark 



bands deep chocolate-brown. The arrangement of the bands 



is as follows: — (1) A broad median light band; (2) a dark 



band of about the same width on each side of the median 



band; (3) a narrower light band outside the last ; (4) a very 



narrow band of dark brown at the junction of the dorsal and 



ventral surfaces. The ventral surface is pale yellow. 



In shape and size the specimens closely resemble the 

 Australian Geonemertes australiensis. The larger of the two 

 specimens measures nearly an inch in length in spirit, without 

 the proboscis. 



The mouth opens into the rhynchodgeum, as in G. austra- 

 liensis. 



Lateral organs, with cephalic pits, are present in the usual 

 position. 



A cephalic gland is present, as in G. australiensis. 

 I could find only four eyes, situated on the rounded ante- 

 rior extremity of the body. Two of these are much larger 

 than the other two, and lie more ventrally and a little more 

 anteriorly. In the number of eyes the New Zealand species 



* Trans. N. Z. Institute, vol. v. 1872, p. 23. Quoted by Moseley in the 

 Qu. Jour. Micr. Sci. vol. xvii. n. s. p. 275. 



