1898.] ON EAKTHW0EM3 FEOil BEITISH INDIA. 445 



3. On some Earthworms from British India. 

 By Sophie M. Fedarb.' 



[Eeceived April 19, 1898.] 



These worms, which have been collected at Dehra Dan in the 

 N.W. Provinces, have been sent from the Calcutta Museum, 

 through the instrumentality of Mr. F. Knn, to Mr. Beddard. He 

 has with great kindness allowed me to investigate them at his 

 laboratory at the Society's Grardens. 



This collection contains specimens of : — ■ 



a. Typliceus orientalis Beddard. 



b. Perichceta cupuUfera, sp. nov. 



c. Perichceta crescentica, sp. nov. 



d. I) ichogaster parvus, STp. no\. 



Typhous oeientalis F. E. B. 



Typhceus orientalis Beddard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Oct. 1893, 

 p. 219. 



This species has been previously found near Calcutta, and the 

 present specimen, though not coming from the same neighbour- 

 hood, closely resembles the description of that one. There are, 

 however, minor differences. 



(1) The dimensions of the Dehra worm are : — length 158 mm. ; 

 breadth 5 mm. ; number of segments 192 ; while the Calcutta worm 

 measures 250 mm. 



(2) The papillce are not so well developed in the present 

 specimen. There are none between segments xiii.-xv., though 

 they are found between segments xv. and xvii. and between xviii. 

 and XX. 



Youth or a more delicate constitution might account for both 

 the above. 



The absence of the outer pair of setsB from the clitellar 

 segments, and the markings on the peuial setse, agree with the 

 previous description. 



The five pairs of intestinal glands occur in segments xci.-xcv. 



Peeich^ta cxjpulieeea, sp. nov. 



Length 91 mm. ; breadth 4 mm. ; number of segments 93. 



External Characters. 



The clitellum occupies the whole of segments xiv.-xvi. It is 

 rather darker in colour than the rest of the body, and bears lines 

 of setse on the three segments. 



The papillce of this worm are rather distinctive and occur in 

 two localities : 



(a) Near the spermathecal pores. In five cases there is a pair of 

 cup-shaped papillae at the edge of the segment in a line with the 



•■ Communicated by P. E. Beddard, F.Z.S. 

 Peoc. Zool. Soo.— 1898, No. XXX. 30 



