1922.] J. Stephenson: Earthworms from Kashmir & India. 441 



Dorsal pores begin in furrow 4/5 or 5/6. 



The setae are closely paired ; aa is nearly twice be ; ah is 

 greater than cd; dd is less than half the circumference. 



The clitellum extends from part of segment xxiii or segment 

 xxiv to xxxii or xxxiii (= 9 to more than 10). The clitellum is 

 saddle-shaped, and the clitellar region is swollen, and flattened 

 ventrally. "Ridges" or "walls" are present on segms. xxix- 

 xxxi ; and the ventral setae in these segments are implanted on 

 minute papillae. 



The male pores are seated on very prominent papillae, hemi- 

 spherical in shape on xv and encroaching also on xiv and xvi ; 

 the centres of the papillae are just outside the line of setae b. 



Female pores were not visible. Spermathecal pores are 

 absent. 



The ventral setae of segment xii, and sometimes those of 

 segments xi and x, are situated on papillae. 



Internal Anatomy : — Septum 5/6 is thin, 6/7, 7/8 and 8/9 are 

 much thickened, 9/10 is fairly thick, and succeeding septa as far 

 as 13/14 gradually diminish in thickness ; the rest are thin. 



The gizzard comprises two segments, xvii and xviii. 



Testes and funnels are free in segms. x and xi. Seminal 

 vesicles are present in ix, x, xi and xii; those in x are the smallest, 

 though they are not much smaller than those in ix ; those in xi 

 and xii have a nodular surface, indeed they are almost racemose, 

 being composed of small spherical lobules. 



Spermathecae are absent. 



The lateral setae of segments xi and xii are seen on internal 

 dissection to be contained in large sacs. On examination they are 

 found to be 76 mm. long, and almost straight ; they are fairly 

 sharply pointed, and the distal portion is grooved as in the 

 clitellar setae of Lumbricus terrestris. 



Remarks : — This species disagrees with the great majority of 

 the subgenus, and resembles Bimastus, in having no spermathecae. 

 This peculiarity has been recorded by Michaelsen in the case of 

 H. (A.) agatschiensis (4). 



Helodrilus (Dendrobacna) kempi, sp. nov. 



Kufri, Simla Hill Stales; 7800 ft. Oct. 1921. Dr. S. \V. Kemp. Two 

 specimens, one mature. 



External Characters : — Length 91 mm. Diameter 6 mm. Seg- 

 ments 128. Nonpigmented, light grey in colour. 



Prostomium epilobous \, the tongue not cut off behind. 



Dorsal pores from furrow 9/10. 



The setae are small ; anteriorly ab = 1/3 aa = \bc = cd ; 

 behind the male apertures the intervals between the individuals of 

 a pair begin to widen, and behind the clitellum this separation 

 becomes greater still, so that in the middle of the body the setae 

 are no longer paired. Here ab = £-3/5 aa = 1J-1J be = 2 cd or 

 nearly ; dd = 1/3-2/5 of circumference. 



