DESCRIPTIONS OF GENERA AND SPECIES 703 



L. foetidue, DUGES, Ann. Sci. Nat., (2) viii, 1837, p. 21. 

 L. olidus, HOFFMEISTER, De Verm. Quib., 1842, p. 24. 



L. brevispinus, GERSTFELDT, Mdm. Sav. Etrang. Ac. St. Pe'tersb., viii, 1859, p. 269. 

 AUolobophora foetida, EISEN. Ofv. Svensk. Akad., 1873, No. 8, p. 50. 

 L. (AUolobophora) foetida, VAILLANT, Armeies, p. 147. 



Definition. Length, 90 mm.; breadth, 4 mm.; number of segment*, 105. Clitellum, XXV, 

 XXVII-XXXII. Setae strictly paired. First dorsal pore, IV/V. Tubereula pubertatis, 

 XXVIII-XXXI. Spermathecae, two pairs in IX, X, opening posteriorly, very dorsal in 

 position. Hab. Europe; America; Asia, 8fc. (universally distributed). 



This species has a very characteristic coloration ; the ground colour is a flesh 

 tint marked in each segment by a ring of purplish. 





 (8) AUolobophora chlorotica (SAVIGNY). 



Enterion chloroticum, SAVIGNY, Descr. Egypte, t. xxii. 



E. vireseens, SAVIGNY, ibid. 



Lumbricus anatomicus, DUGES, Ann. Sci. Nat., xv, 1828, p. 292. 



L. chloroticus, DUGES, Ann. Sci. Nat., (2) viii, 1837, p. 19. 



L. riparius, HOFFMEISTER, Arch. f. Nat., 1843, p. 189. 



L. viridis, JOHNSTON, Cat. Worms, 1865, p. 60. 



AUolobophora riparia, EISEN, Ofv. Svensk. Akad., 1873, No. 8, p. 46. 



A. neglecta, ROSA, Att. Ace. Torino, 1882, p. 170. 



A. chlorotica, VEJDOVSKY, Syst. u. Morph., 1884, p. 60. 



Aporrectodea chlorotica, OERLEY, Ert. termesz. Ktir., 1885, p. 22. 



A. (A.) chlorotica, ROSA, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1890, No. 160. 



Definition. Length, joomm.; number of segments, 100. Clitellum, XXIX, XXX-XXXVII. 



First dorsal pore, IV/V. Setae paired, but not so close as in A. turgida. Tubereula 



pubertatis on XXXI, X&XIII, XXXV. Spermathecae, three pairs in IX-XT, opening on to 



VIII/IX, IX/X, X/XI, in line with lateral setae. Hab. Europe ; Azores ; Palestine. 



This species is to be also recognized by its green colour, which does not appear 



to be so bright as in A. smaragdina. Coloured figures are to be found in 



the works of EISEN, HOFFMEISTEE, and D'UDEKEM. EISEN'S figures include his 



two varieties, 'pallescens' ( = var. A. anatomica, ROSA) and ' mfescens.' ROSA has 



recorded a yellow or flesh-coloured variety from Treviso. The worm, when annoyed, 



gives out a yellow or green fluid, from dorsal pores, which is inodorous. I imagine 



that the above synonymy is more likely to be accurate than that of other species, 



