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incorrect; and since Beddard's series of papers upon the New 

 Zealand worms it has become a certainty that most of Hutton's 

 species belong in all probability to Acanthodrilid genera. 



Consequently, soon after my arrival in Dunedin, I took the 

 opportunity of examining the '^ types," which 1 discovered ia 

 a storeroom in the Otago Museum. 



Hutton described six species, of which he placed four in 

 the genus Lumhricus and two in Megascolex. In a subse- 

 quent paper * he suggested that L. uliginosus belongs to 

 Acanthodrihis, and some of the species of the former genus 

 were probably members of the genus '"''Diganter^'' though upon 

 what ground it is difficult to say. As will be seen from the 

 following account, Hutton has sometimes confused two or 

 more distinct worms under one name. I append a list of 

 his species, so far as it is possible to identify them, and then 

 give some details as to the individuals : — 



(1) Acanthodrilus uliginosus, Hutton. 

 Syn. Lumbricus uliginosus, Hutton. 



(2) Neodrilus monocystis^ Beddard. 

 Syn. Liwibricus campestris, Hutton, partim. 



(3) Lumhricus ruhellus, HofFineister. 

 Syn. Lumbricus campestris, Hutton, partira. 



(4) AUoluhophora caliginosa, Savlgny. 

 Syn. Lumbricus levis, Hutton, partim. 



(3) OctuchcBtus (?) levisj Hutton. 

 Syn. Lumbricus levis, Hutton, partim. 



(6) AUolobophora fcetida, Savigny. 

 Syn. Lumbricus annulatus, Hutton, 



(7) riogiochada sylvestriSj Hutton, 

 Syn. Megascolex sylvestris, Hutton. 



(8) Plagiochieta lineata, Hutton. 

 Syn. Megascolex Uneatus, Hutton, 



(1) (3f the six "types" I have been able to examine in 

 detail only tive; but 1 cannot discover the original of ^^ Lumb. 



* ' Xew Zealand Journal of Science,' i. 1S83, p. 535, note. 

 Ann. <i- Mag. A'. JJist. Her. 7. I'oL iii, 10 



