662 DR. A, G. BOURNE ON INDIAN EARTHWORMS. [ Dec. 21, 
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3. On Indian Earthworms.—Part I. Preliminary Notice of 
Earthworms from the Nilgiris and Shevaroys. By 
Aurrep Gisss Bourne, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.L.S., Fell. 
Univ. Coll. Lond., Fell. Madras Univ., Professor of 
Biology in the Presidency College, Madras. (Communi- 
cated by Prof. Ray Lanxester, F.Z.S.) 
[Received November 16, 1886.] 
When I commenced to find out what Earthworms were to be 
found here for the purposes of class-study, I was totally unprepared 
for the immense variety of forms which seem to occur in the country. 
I have at present examined a very few localities only, and as every 
locality yields new forms and I have already found more than twenty 
different species, all of which were hitherto unknown, the field may be 
pronounced to be fairly extensive. 
I came across very few worms in my garden in Madras during 
the hot weather, but then I made no special search for them; those 
I did find belonged to the genus Pericheta, but seemed to be 
new species (I have since determined that they are new); I have 
found up to the present at least three species of Pericheta in Madras 
town, but have reserved them for subsequent description. 
In May I went up to the Nilgiris for some weeks, and there I 
found numerous forms, and these always differed in different 
localities. In October I spent about a week on the Shevaroy Hills, 
and found in that short time five different forms, all markedly differ- 
ing from those from the Nilgiris. 
