1869.] DR. W. BAIRD ON MEGASCOLEX DIFFRINGENS. 387 
140. Nororrrerus cuiTaua, H. Buch. 
Chitul (Ooriah). 
B. viiiix. D. +. P.19. V. 6. A. 110-125. C. 11. L.1. 180. 
Cee. pyl. 2. 
Hab. Rivers and tanks in Orissa. 
141. Noroprerus Kapirat, Lacép. 
Pulli, “a slice”? (Ooriah). 
B. vi-viii. D. 3. P.17. V.6. A. 100-108. C.13. L. 1. 225. 
Vert. BS 
Hab. Fresh waters of Orissa. 
142. Symsprancuus cucuiA, H. Buch. 
Hab. This Eel is not rare in the rivers of Orissa. 
143. TryGon UARNAK, Forsk. 
Sankush (Ooriah). 
This fish ascends the Mahanuddi as high as Cuttack. The spine 
on its tail is very much dreaded by the fishermen. 
144. Micropuis cuncuuus, H. Buch. 
Kunnur dant (Ooriah), ‘‘ Crocodile’s tooth. 
The Ooriah natives say that these little pipefishes have some 
mysterious connexion with the teeth of the Crocodile, some fisher- 
men asserting them to be vivified teeth, others that they are rejected 
tooth-picks. 
145. TeTrRopon potoca, H. Buch. 
Bheng pulli (Ooriah). 
Hab. Found at Cuttack in rivers and tanks. 
146. TeTrRopon GuuaRis, H. Buch. 
Teepah benki (Ooriah). 
This species is still more common than the preceding, and at long 
distances inland. 
Besides the foregoing, I took several specimens of the Common 
Ganges Shark as far inland as. Cuttack, and a species of Pristis, 
which I have not as yet identified. 
4, Additional Remarks on the Megascolex diffringens. 
By W. Barro, M.D., F.R.S. &e. 
Since I sent to the Society, last January*, a short account of 
a new species of Earth-worm (Megascolex diffringens), found in the 
hot-bed for stove-plants in the garden of Plas Machynlleth, in 
* Vide antea p. 40. 
