1900.] 



EARTHWORMS OF THE GENUS AMYNTAS. 



651 



even approximate accuracy, or to the number only of the sper- 

 mathecse. 



Amyntas diffringens, Baird, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 40 & p. 387. 



Amyntas javanicus, Kinberg, CEfv. K. Svensk. Ak. Fbrb. 1866, 

 p. 439. 



Amyntas gracilis, id. ibid. p. 112. 



Pericliaita corticis, id. ibid. p. 439. 



Amyntas subquadrangida, Grube, in ' Seise der Novara,' Anne- 

 liden, 1868, p. 36. 



Amyntas rodericensis, Grube, Phil. Trans, clxviii. p. 554 ; id. 

 Monatsber. Ak. Berlin, 1877, p. 355. 



Amyntas juliani, Perrier, Compt. Bendus, lxxxi. p. 1045. 



Amyntas bicinctus, id. ibid. p. 1044. 



Amyntas tricystis, id. Bull. Soc. Zool. Prance, ii. p. 243. 



Amyntas dicystis, id. ibid. p. 243. 



A few other species, such as " Megascolex sancta? helence" of 

 Baird, may belong to this genus. A number of forms described by 

 Schmarda ' as Pericliaita have been shown by subsequent investi- 

 gators not to belong to that genus as now defined but to Megascolex. 

 Prof. Spencer 2 and Mr. Pletcher 3 described under the name of 

 " Perichceta " worms which belong to other genera and were only 

 provisionally placed in PericJiceta. The same may be said of 

 several species described by Prof. Bourne. 4 



Index to the Specific Names oe Amyntas. 



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acinctus 650 



acidophilus 636 



acystis 638 



ffilianus 626 



aeruginosus 629 



affinis 641 



agrestis 637 



ainazonieus 645 



annulatus 634 



arturi 620 



aspergillum 631 



atheca 620 



barauii 639 



barbadensis 645 



batjanensis 630 



belli 615 



bermudeusis 645 



bicinctus 651 



bindjeyensis 616 



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birmanicus 637 



biserialis 638 



bonthainensis 630 



bosscbae 625 



bouvnei 635 



brevis 636 



burchardi 627 



caducichastus 618 



csecilia 630 



calif ornieus 627 



campanulata 613 



campestris 632 



Candida 633 



capensis Iil7 



carinensis 625 



carnosa 645 



castaneus 626 



celebensis 642 



cingulatus 615 



commumssima 635 



corticis 651 



crassicystis 620 



crescentica 614 



culminis 649 



cupulifera 645 



darnleiensis 615 



decimpapillata 63fi 



densipapillatua 021 



dicystis (iol 



difi'ringens 651 



digifata 630 



divergens (525 



dubia 614 



dyeri (',23 



elongatus 650 



enganensis 623 



eoa 615 



esafata? 632 



1 Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet uud gesammelt auf einer Reise um die 

 Erde, 1853, Pt. ii. 



i Proc. Eoy. Soc. Victoria, v. p. 16 et seq. 

 3 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vols, i.-iv. 

 1 P. Z. S. 188C, p. 663. 



