On Earthioorms from Flenderson Tsfaml. 255 



The remaining iigures are fascimiles of thoso by T. Austin. The 

 fulloNving legend i.-s also copied Irom Austin's MiS., except lor words 

 Within [ ], and except that, tor tiie reasons given in the text, the names 

 cluiuius iiudjucksuni have been transposed : — 



Fig. 2. Sycocrinus anapeptamcnus. 



Fig. 2. Natural size. 

 Fiij. 2 a. Lateral a-pect. [x 3 dlam.] 

 J-'iij. 2 b. A ditlereul lateral view, [x 3 diam.] 

 Fi(/. '2 c. Ventral aspect, [x 3 diani.] 

 lit/. 2(1. Dorsal aspect, [x 3 diam.] 



!)(/. 2 e. [llecoustructiou. X 2 diam. Austin's figure is tinted yelloAV 

 and pink.] 



Fig. 3. Sijcocrinus chnisus. 



Fig. 3. Natural size. 



Fig.'ia. Lateral aspect, mngnitied. [x 3'5 diam.] 



Ftg. 3 b. Lateral aspect showing the circular opening into the interior. 



[X 3-5 diam.] 

 Fig. 3 c. Lateral view on a different side to the two before specified. 



[ X 3'o diam.] 

 Fiy.?jd. View of the apex showing the base of the protrusive pore. 



[X 3 5 diam.] 

 Fig. 3 e. Dorsal asptct. [x 3-o diam.] 



Fig. 4, Sycocrimisjacksoni. 



Fig. 4. Lateral view showing the pore. [ x ca. 3 diam.] 



Fig. A a. The apex showing the excentrical pure. [X ca. 3 diam.] 



Fig. 4 b. The dorsal apex, [x ca. 3 diam.] 



XXIII. — On a small Collection of Earthworms from Henderson 

 Island. By Dr. LuiGI COGNETTI I)E Martiis, R. Miiseo 

 Zoologico, Torino. 



By the courtesy of Prof. F. J. Bell, of the British Musemi), 

 1 am able to give the lirst notification on tiie Oliy-ochit-ta 

 of tiie Hender.son or Elizabeth Island in the South Pacific. 

 The small collection dealt with in the present paper was 

 collected by J\Jr. David Tait. In the collection only two 

 species of the same genus are to be found, as follows : — 



Fheretima hendersoniana, sp. n. 



Four specimens. 



External characters. — Length 80-108 mm., brcadtii -ia— 

 6 mm. behind the clitellum. Segments about 120. 



Colour brownish dor^ally at the precliteliian segments, 

 pale brownish or whitish elscwiiere. Prostomium pro- 

 epilobous (i). 



