A. THE OLIGOCHiETA OF INDIA, NEPAL, CEYLON, BURMA 



AND THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 



By Dr. W. Michaei^sEn, Hamburg Natural History Museum. 



CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 



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I.— GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



Limits of the territory discussed 



Systematic list of the Oligochaeta of India, Nepal, 

 Andaman Islands 



Ceylon, Burma and the 



Detailed consideration of the species in view of their biological and faunistic 

 characters 



Limnic Ohgochaetes . . 



Littoral Ohgochaetes . . 



Terrestrial Ohgochaetes 

 Peregrine forms 

 Endemic forms 



LumbricidcB of this region and their geographical connections . 

 MoniligastridcB of this region and their geographical connections 

 MegascolecidcB of this region and their geographical connections 



Geological History , . 



Recent regions and sub-regions of terrestrial Ohgochaetes 



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IL— DESCRIPTIVE PART 



Fam. Naididce 



Gen. ChcBtogaster . . 



Gen. Nais 



Gen. Aulophorus . . 



Gen. Slavina 



Gen. Pristina 

 Fam. TubificidcB 



Gen. Bothrioneurum 

 Fam. MoniligastridcB 



Gen. Eupolygaster 



Gen. Drawida 



Gen. Moniligaster . . 



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