Huvrros.—On New Zealand Earth-worms in the Otago Museum. 851 
p. 96), a large species seven inches long, and I offer the following as a con- 
tribution towards a better knowledge of them. 
LUMBRICUS ULIGINOSUS, sp. nov. 
late, Fig. A. 
Length, eight or nine inches; colour reddish; body thick, cylindrical, 
and slightly tapering in front; quadrilateral behind. Sete rather short 
and thick, in four rows, each row consisting of an approximated pair of 
bristles. Segments from 180 to 200; clittellum large, but not very distinct, 
composed of six segments, from fifteen to twenty. Male genital openings 
in two pairs, situated on the ninth and tenth segments respectively. Vulve 
large, on the three last segments of the clittellum. Cephalic lobe large and 
rounded, completely dividing the buccal segment superiorly into two parts, 
and with a transverse sulcus on the posterior superior portion, between the 
divided halves of the buccal segment. Anterior margin of buccal segment 
deeply emarginate inferiorly. 
Habitat: Dunedin, in peaty ground. 
LUMBRICUS CAMPESTRIS, sp. nov. 
Plate, Fig. B 
Length, two to three inches. Colour reddish, or olivaceous-green, paler 
below. Clittelum red, or reddish-brown. Body cylindrieal and tapering 
in front, subquadrate, and tapering behind. Sete in four double rows, each 
row consisting of a rather distant pair of bristles. Segments, 100 to 140. 
Clitellum generally conspicuous, of five or six segments; its position irregu- 
lar, commencing on any segment between ten and twenty. Male genital 
openings on the ninth segment. Vulve on the two last segments of the 
clitellum. Cephalic lobe large, sub-conical, completely dividing the buccal 
segment superiorly into two parts. Anterior margin of buccal segment 
entire, or slightly eroded inferiorly. 
Habitat: Dunedin and Wellington. Common. A very variable species. 
The olivaceous specimens occur in the bush. 
LUMBRICUS LEVIS, sp. nov. 
Plate, Fig. C. 
Length, three to four inches. Pale flesh colour. Body cylindrical, 
tapering in front. Sets feeble, in four rows behind the clitellum, absent 
before the clitellum. Segments, 180 to 150; the first thirteen simple or 
bi-annulate, the remainder tri-annulate. Clitellum conspicuous, brownish- 
red, composed of six or seven segments, commencing between the fifteenth 
to twenty-fifth. Male genital openings on the tenth to fifteenth segment. 
Vulve on the two last segments of the clitellum. Cephalic lobe, small, 
conical, simple. Anterior border of buccal segment slightly n 
superiorly, entire inferiorly. 
