44° Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. XXIV, 



The spermathecae are in segments viii and ix ; the ampulla 

 is small and ovoid ; the duct is short, and relatively wide. The 



diverticulum is a small 

 wart-like swelling on 

 the side of the duct. 



Copulatory setae are 

 found on segm. viii, in 

 the site of the ventral 

 bundles. In length, 

 measured across the 

 bend, they are "j mm. 

 or more, and their 

 thickness at the mid- 



Fig. 4.— Eudichogaster mullani ; copulatory seta; die IS 10/;. The distal 

 a, whole seta: X50; b, tip of seta : X300. half is either curved 



through a quarter of a 

 circle, or bent and twisted more irregularly. The tip ends in a 

 blunt point ; there is no ornamentation (fig. 4). 



Family WJMBRICIDAE. 

 Subfamily GLOSSOSCOLECINAE. 



Genus Pontoscolex Schmarda. 

 Pontoscolex corethrurus (Fr. Mull.). 



Ahmedabad. Coll. J. J. Asana. Several specimens. 



Subfamily LUMBRICINAE. 



Genus Helodrilus HofTm. 



Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosus subsp. 

 trapezoides (Ant. Dug.). 



Sariya Tal, about three miles to the west of Naini Tal, and at a lower 



level than Naini Tal ; from underneath stone on the banks of the lake. 



Dr. B. Prashad. Two specimens, one mature, one immature. 

 Sukla Tal, almost a mile to the west of Naini Tal ; 7000 ft. ; from the 



margins of the lake. Dr. B. Prashad. Several specimens. 

 Gandarbal, Kashmir ; ponds in the course of a shallow irrigation 



streamlet. Ca. 6000 ft. i4-vi"i92i. Dr. B. Prashad. Two specimens. 

 Anchar Lake, Kashmir (an extensive marshy and weedy area in the 



course of the Sind River). 20/vri92i. Dr. B. Prashad. A number 



of specimens. 



Helodrilus (Allolobophora) prashadi, sp. nov. 



Gandarbal, Kashmir; ponds in the course of a shallow irrigation 

 streamlet. Ca. 6000 ft. I4'vi'l92l. Dr. B. Prashad. Several 

 specimens. 



External Characters : — length 62 mm. Diameter 3 mm. Seg- 

 ments 133. Colour grey, with a slightly pinkish tinge. 

 Prostomium proepilobous. 



