62 LUMBRTCIDiE. 



7. L. putor, body cylindrical, slightly attenuated at either end : 

 clitellus smooth, slightly projecting, reaching from the 25th to the 

 31st segment, seldom from the 26th or 27th to the 32nd, with 

 longitudinal folds beneath, in which a pair of disks are often visible : 

 vulva mostly inconspicuous, close to the suture between the 15th 

 and 1 6th segments : lip small, transparent, truncate before, with a 

 broad projection behind bisecting three-fourths of the first segment : 

 no longitudinal fissures beneath. Number of segments 80-96. 



Lumbricus putor, Hoffmeister, Ueber Regenw. 33. f. 6. Grube, Fam. 

 Annel. 9.9. 



Hab. Under the bark of moist decayed trees, and in the sheaths of 

 the leaves of decayed marsh plants. 



Obs. I believe this to be a common species, passed over as L. 

 minor. My attention was not called to it until I saw Hoifmeister's 

 essay, of which, from my ignorance of German, I have not been able 

 fully to avail myself. I have as yet seen only one specimen. The 

 spines (fig. 6, 7) are readily seen, in pairs. Our specific character 

 is a translation of Hoffmeister' s. 



Of the following I have seen no specimens : — 



8. L. phosphoreus, spinets mostly single throughout, tetrastichous ; 

 vulvae on the 15th segment; clitellus with four segments com- 

 mencing with the 1 3th ; body somewhat flattened behind. Length 

 15'". 



Lumbricus phosphoreus, Dughin Ann. des Sc. nat. ser. 2. viii. 17 & 24. 

 Grube. 



Hab. Boggy ground. 



Obs. The information on which this species is introduced is un- 

 satisfactory. At the Meeting of the British Association at Cork in 

 1843, Dr. Allman exhibited "specimens of an annelid which he 

 discovered some years ago in the bogs of the south of Ireland, and 

 which was the cause of a luminous appearance. It was closely allied 

 to the earthworm : when irritated, it gave out a phosphorescent 

 light, which was also much increased when the animal was exposed 

 to the vapour of alcohol. The light was of the peculiar green colour 

 so usual in the phosphorescence of living animals. The Rev. F. B. 

 (Jlarke had also found these annelids in the bogs of Connaught " 

 {Trans. Brit. Assoc. 1843, p. 7^). At a meeting of the Lit. and 

 Phil. Society of Liverpool, Nov. 14, 1853, Mr. Henry Cox exhi- 

 bited an earthworm which was phosphorescent {Proceedings^ no. viii. 

 p. 57). 



9. L. xanthurus, "of a bright red, the apical rings yellow." 



Yellow-tailes, Mouf. Theatr. Insect. 278. 



The Gilt-tail, Raii Hist. Insect, iii. Stoddart, Angl. Camp. 114. 



