210 JIR. F. E. TJEDBARD OX NEW EARTII\VOR>rS. [Mar. 19, 



by Dendrohates, as obsei'ved by A\'"yraan, Kappler, and H. S. Smith, 

 is not the least remarkable'. This J3atraehian was found to carry 

 its tadpoles on its back, fixed by tlieir buccal suckers, with the 

 object, it is believed, of transporhng them from pool to pool. 

 Precisely the same mode of parental care is shown by a frog of 

 the family Itanidai, P/njllohatex trinitatis, Garm., a native of 

 Trinidad and Venezuela. A specimen from Venezuela, recently 

 received at the Xatural History Museum, is preserved in spirit 

 with the tadpoles sticking to the back in the manner described in 

 the case of Dendrohates. 



The sex of the parent which transports the larvae had not been 

 ascertained in the case of Dmdrohahs. It is therefore of importance 

 to state that in the present instance the feat is performed by the 

 male (as figured on Plate X.), which is distingnished by an internal 

 vocal sac. It was further desirable to ascertain whether any 

 buccal peculiarities existed in the larvae in connection with their 

 habits, and as the specimens, six in number, are perfectly pre- 

 served, this examination offered no difficulty. But, as in the case 

 investigated by Wymau, no peculiarities could be detected: the 

 tadpoles are perfectly normal, of the Eanoid type. There are two 

 series of labial teeth above and three beneath the black horny beak, 

 the lower outer series rudimentary ; the inner upper series is widely 

 interrupted mesially, the inner lower very narrowly ; the lip is 

 bordered by a series of papillae which is widely interrupted in the 

 middle anteriorly. The spiraculum is sinistral and the anus 

 dextral. The tail is about twice as long as the body. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE X. 



Figs. 1, \n. HtjUt goeldii, Blgr.. female carrying the eggs. 

 '2. An egg froiu the above specimen, eularged. 



3. Young, on leaving the mother. 



4. PJiyllohates trinUatis, Garm., male carrying the lavTse. 



5. Mouth of the larval Phi/Uohaic^ trinUatis, eularged. 



March 19, 1895. 

 Sir W. H. Tlowee, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Preliminary Account of new Species of Earthworms 

 belonging to the Hamburg Museum. By Prank E. 

 Beddard, F.R.S. 



[Eeceived February 11, 1895.] 



The collection of " Terricoloe" made by Dr. Michaelsen in South 

 America is in some ways richer than that of the " Limicolse " ^. 



' Cf. Boulenger, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. C-,, i. 1888, p. 454, & ii. 1888. p. 122. 



- See Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 6, \iii. p. 205: "Preliminary Notice of South- 

 American Tuliijicid(e collected by Dr. Michaelsen, including the Description of 

 a Branchiate Form. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., F.B.S." 



