DR. A. G. BOURNE ON INDIAN EARTHWORMS. 665 
1886.] 
CuaracTers oF THE Species or Pericheta anv Perionyx HERE DESCRIBED. 
Fe- 
male 
pore. 
Male 
pores. 
Clitellar 
Species. Somites. 
Pericheta law- |xiv., xv., xvi.,|xviii. ; no| xiv., 
soni. xvii., very] papille. |paired. 
slightly 
marked. 
xiv., 
P. bivaginata...|xiv., xv., xvi. xviii. 
i paired. 
xvil., very 
slightly 
marked, 
P. gracilis ....,.\xiv., xv., Xvi.,| xviii., in| xiv., 
xvil., xviii. |clitellum.|paired. 
P. stuarti ......| Xiv., XV., XVi. |xvii., xix.,| xiv., 
four in | single. 
number. 
P. burliarensis |xiy., xy., xvi.,| xviii. | xiv., 
xvii. single. 
P. hulikalensis \xiv., xv., xvi.) xviii. | xiv., 
xvil. single, 
P. mirdbilis ...| xiv., xv., xvi. | xviii. | xiv., 
single. 
P. salettensis ...|\xiv., xv., xvi.,] xviii. | xiv., 
xvii. single. 
Perionyx sal- | xiy., xv., Xvi. | xviii., in| xiy., 
tans. median | single. 
pit. 
Position 
of Sperma- 
thecee. 
viii., Ix. 
Vii., Vili., ix.)With two mi-|At 
Viii., ix. (?) 
vii., viii. 
Vii., viii. 
Vi., Vii., 
Viii., ix. 
vii., Viii., 
Set 
cs) a oe 
Character | Oopu- | 3 | Intes- [3 &= 
of Sperma- gee SS | tinal E ag Arr rpchepine 
thecee. sete, | O | ceca. |F a @ ee 
| 
? Not seen.| x. | xxvi. |30-35|Present on 
clitellum ; 
small dorsal 
and ventral 
gaps. 
least; vi. | Absent.| 56 |Present on 
nute appen-| three | clitellum ; 
dices. pairs small dorsal 
in xviii. and ventral 
gaps. 
Not seen. |Not seen. vii.? ? ? |Present on 
clitellum ; 
large dorsal 
and ventral 
gaps. 
Frill at base. |Special | x. | 4 pairs,| 52 |Present on 
sete in about clitellum ; 
Vili. xxiii. to small gaps. 
Xxxvi. 
With a long/Special | x. | xxvi. |88-40|Absent on 
small ap-| sets in) clitellum ; 
pendix. vii. & ventral gaps 
in viil. unequal. 
With long} Absent. ? [I think 42 |Present on 
thin appen- present’ clitellum ; 
dix. in Xxvi. large gaps. 
With —_long|No obser-| x. |xxvi. 39 |No gaps. 
pouch-like | vation.) 
appendix. 
Two small ap-|Absent. | vi. [No obser-| ? ? 
pendices, vation. 
Two small ap-|Absent. | ? |No obser-| 45-54 Present on 
pendices. vation. clitellum ; 
Apert. near no gaps. 
median line. 
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Number of 
tes. 
Length and 
soml 
| 
119 
162 
111 
123 
112 
61 
cir- 
cumference. 
Habitat. 
Nilgiris (Oota- 
camund and 
Naduvatam). 
Salem. 
Nilgiris (Nadu- 
vatam). 
Shevaroys 
(Salem and 
Yercaud), 
Nilgiris 
lar). 
(Bur- 
Nilgiris (Huli- 
kal-drug). 
Nilgiris (Nadu- 
vatam), 
Salem. 
Nilgiris (Oota- 
camund, Na- 
duvatam). 
Elevation. 
6000 
