On (111 Earthvorm from Kcuxvlor. 237 



Palpi picoi, parte fomor.ili sordide tosticna. Pales ad partem 

 ni<i;rioiintc8 vol sul)picei, ;id partem tpstacci : V jiaris picci sunt, 

 t'omoribus faseia loiigitiidiiiali subtestacca su[ira notatis, coxis, 

 j)atolIi,s et tibiis testaceis (saltern patcU;p tamen linea picea loiigi- 

 tiidiiiali utriiuiuc iiotatis); metatarsi liiijus paris fiiliginei sunt, 

 fascia longitiidinali testacca supra, tarsi nigricanti-testacei. In 

 podibus 2' paris coxai et femora ad maximam partem picea sunt, 

 sequentia internodia vero testacea, linea lougitudiuali picea utriii- 

 <juc, per i:)atellam ot tibiam usque iu raetatarsum ducta. Pedes 

 postoriores picei, patellis basi obli(iue ot metatarsi apice testaceis, 

 tarsis tcstacois totis, trochanteribus 4' paris testaceis (juoque. 

 Abdomen nigro-piceum, subter pauUo pallidius, pilis appressis 

 teniiibus albis sat dense vestitum. MamUhv testaceo-pieea!. 

 $ jun. — Lg. Corp. 4J : Ig. cepbaloth. pa^ie 2.7, lat. ej. 1 ; Ig. ab 1. 2, 

 lat. ej. pa^no \h millim. Ted. I. circa 5|, If. circa .'U, 111. 4, 

 IV. fere Q^ millim. loiigi ; pat. + tib. IV. pa>ne 2 millim. 



One specimen only, a not fully developed female. 



13. Plexippus PaykulUi (Aiil. in Sav.j 



1827. Attus PayliuUiiy And. iu Sav., Descr. de TEgypte, 2* 4d. xx. 

 p. 172, pi. vii. tig. 'I'l. 



A male and a female, both adult. 



14. Telamonia Peckliamu^ I'liov. 



1891. Telamonia Peckhamii, Thor., Spindl. fr. Nilcobarerua ifec, Inc. cit. 

 p. 125. 



A single nearly adult female. This species had hitherto 

 been met with only in the Nicobar Islands and in Sumatra. 



XXXIV. — An Earthworm from Ecuador (Rhinodrilus ecua- 

 doriensis). By VV. 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 earth- 

 worms from j\Jr. 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. tC- Maxj. A', liisf. Ser. 6. Vol. ix. 17 



