662 DR. A. G. BOURNE ON INDIAN EARTHWORMS. [DcC. 21, 



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3. On Indian Earthworms. — Part I. Preliminary Notice of 

 Earthworms from the Nilgiris and Shevaroys. By 

 Alfred Gibbs 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 Lankester, F.Z.S.) 



[Eeceired 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 Perichceta, 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 Perichceta 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. 



