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8. ANNELIDA. 
OLIGOCHAETA. 
The soils of Wardian cases furnish very favourable media for 
the transport of earthworms. It is therefore, not surprising that 
from Reges brought to Kew w in this MAAROF: For the identi- 
fication of the species | of this group we are indebted to Mr. F. E. 
ee bahamensis, Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 196. Native 
of the Baham 
*Trichodrilus roseus, Bedd. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1897. 
Tubifex sp. 
Branchiura sowerbii, Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 271. Habitat 
unknown, 
Enchytraeus — Michaelsen. Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 
340. Native of Germany (Elbe shore). Found in bulbs of 
Fritillaria Meleagris 
Fridericia hegemon, Michaelsen. Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 348. 
- Native of Germany. Found in bulbs of Fritillaria e. 
New to Britain. 
*Perichaeta sinensis, Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 410. Native of 
China. Also found in a forcing house in the Berlin Botanic 
Gardens 
“P, din ri, Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 411. Native of Trinidad, 
Jamaica, and Lagos 
*P. Morrisi, Bodd. Monogr. Oligoch., 411. Native of Penang. 
= Sener: Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 419. Native of 
"T. ——À Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch. 415. Native of 
Barbado 
"P. vem e Bedd.  Monogr. Oligoch., 415. Native of 
Mauritiu 
P. sumatrana, Horst. Bedd. sean Oligoch., 422. Native of 
Sumatra, Hong Kong and Barbados 
P. posthuma. Vaillant. Bedd. Monogr. ui" 424, Native 
of Celebes, Philippines, India and the Baham 
Typhaeus -oe Bedd. Introduced from the Calcutta 
Botanic Garden 
*Microdrilus saliens, Bedd. Monogr. Oligoch., 506. Native of 
Java and Penang. 
