DESCRIPTIONS OF GENERA AND SPECIES 713 



(26) Allolobophora veneta, ROSA. 



A. veneta, ROSA, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1886, No. 3. 



A. subrubicunda, forma hortensis, MICHAELSEN, J. B. Hamb. wiss. Anst., vii, 



1890, p. 15. 



A. (Notogama) veneta, ROSA, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1893, No. 160, p. 2. 

 A. hibernica, FRIEND, P. R. Irish Ac., 1893, p. 402. 



Definition. Length, 70 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm.; number of segments, 153. CliteUum, 

 XX7I, XXril-XXXII, XXXIII. Setae paired but not strictly, the setae of ventral pair 

 more separated than those of dorsal pairs. Tubercula pubertatis on XXX, XXXI. Sperma- 

 thecae, two pairs in IX, X, opening posteriorly. Hob. Venice; Argentina; Portugal; 

 Palestine. 



The species comes very near to A.foefida, with which it agrees absolutely in colour. 

 It is to be distinguished by the position of the tubercula pubertatis. The spermathecae 

 open close to the dorsal middle line as in the species mentioned. The Portuguese 

 specimens form a variety which is marked by its smaller size and by the more strictly 

 paired setae. This same variety is found in Liguria and in the Argentine (whither it has 

 been probably accidentally imported). It is not certain whether A. submontana 

 of VEJDOVSKY is really different. The clitellum seems to have a different position 

 (i. e. xxiv-xxxiii), but the structure of the worm is not fully known. 



(27) Allolobophora syriaca, ROSA. 

 A. syriaca, ROSA, Mem. R. Ace. Torino, 1893, p. 65. 



Definition. Length, 130 mm.; diameter, 9 mm.; number of segments, 210. Setae distant: 



1-3 = 3-4, 00 th > 3-3. Clitellum, XX7I-XXXII. Tubercula pubertatis, XXVII-XXXI. 



Dorsal pores commence IV/V or V/VI. Sperm-sacs two pairs in XI, XII. Spermathecae 



absent. Hob. Samsun in Asia Minor. 



Three examples of this species from the Imperial Museum at Vienna were studied 



by ROSA, who adopted CARL WESSELEY'S MS. name. 



(28) Allolobophora mima, ROSA. 

 A. mima, ROSA, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1889, No. 63. 



Definition. Length, 240 mm.; diameter, 12 mm.; number of segments, 260. Setae distant, 

 i- 2 = 2-3 > 3-4. Clitellum, XX Till (XXIX)-XL (XLI). Tubercula pubertatis, 



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