SOME GERMAN ENCHYTlixEID^- 391 



in July. Oberbieber to Braunsberg, iU^l Scbloss Grounds, 

 Neuwied on the Ehine. 



2. Fridericia 'pcrricri, Vejd. 



This is a smaller Worm than the last. It was carefully 

 described and illustrated by Vejdovsky (4) in 1877 and again (5) in 

 1879, and has since V;een often reported. It occurs in Denmark, 

 Switzerland, Italy> Bohemia, and Great Britain, and has been 

 recorded for Ha^-uburg and elsewhere (3). It is quite as frequently 

 found in this c-ountry as F. michaelseni, and has been familiar to 

 me for many years. My record is as under : 



Length 8^-12 mm., segments 38-50. Setae usually 6 in front 

 and 3 behii^id. Spermathecae with two stalked diverticula, long 

 slender duict and no glands. Dorsal vessel arising in or near 

 segment 1/8 and pulsing forwards, especially about the sixth seg- 

 ment. Brain projecting in front and convex behind. Salivary 

 glands bifanched. Sperm-funnels somewhat small, pear-shaped, 

 with a dijstinct collar and fairly stout duct. Nepbridia with duct 

 arising iiear the septum. Found among beech leaves in the 

 woods towards Braunsberg from Oberbieber. 



3. Fridericia lohifera, Vejd. 



This 'Species also was first described by Dr. Vejdovsky (5), and 

 is markf/d by the presence of large glands attached to the ampulla 

 of the fspermathecEe in the place of diverticula. Length up to 

 I inch', with 50-60 segments. The setfe, as in the foregoing 

 cases, number 6 in the front segments and as few as 2 in the 

 tail. - The salivary glands branched, dorsal vessel arising about 

 the ,'^Oth segment. Brain convex before and behind. Sperm- 

 funnijls rather narrow, about three times longer than broad. 

 Schlcjss Gardens, Neuwied. One specimen had a bifurcated anal 

 extre^nity. 



4. Fridericia striata, Levinsen. 



First described in 1884 by Levinsen (6), this Worm has been 

 found as far afield as Chili and Uruguay, as well as in Denmark, 

 Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain. It is stout for its 

 length, and seems to me to be a connecting link between 



