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Biological cha 



Systematic List of the 0)i- 





Localities of the 



Further distribuiion 



rac'er of the 



gochaeta of India, Nepal, 



Literature containing the best 



species in this 

 region. 



of the genera and 



genera and 



Ceylon, Burma and the 



description of x.h.^ species. 



of the species. 



faun. Stic cha- 



Andaman Islands. 





racter of the 











species. 



N. elinguis, MÜLL., Oerst 



É. PIGUET. in R. .suisse Zool., xiv, p. 



Bengal, Calcutta; 



N. and S. America, 



Very widely 





241, t. 10, f. 8 ; t. II, f. 8-13 ; t 12, f. 10 



Punjab, Lahore. 



Europe, Kergue- 

 len Isl. 



distributed. 



N. obtusa (GERVAIS) 



É. PIGUET, ibid., p. 234, t. 10, f. 2-4; 



Bengal, Calcutta ; 



Europe, C. Siberia 



Widely distrib- 





t. II, f. s ; t. 12. f. 8. 



united Prov. , 

 Lucknow. 





uted. 



iV. paraguayensis MICHLSN. 



W. MICHAELSEN, in Zoologica, 44, p, 



Bengal, Calcutta ; 



E. Africa, S . America 



Widely distrib- 





354, f. (see below). 



Bihar, Mozaffar- 

 pur distr. 





uted. 



Gen. Aui,ophorus 



• • • • 





N. and S. America, 

 West Indies, Eu- 

 rope, E. Africa, 

 S. Asia, Sunda 

 Isl. 



Limnic. 



A. tonkinensis (VEJD.) 



W. MICHAELSEN, in Zoologica, 44, p. 



W. Himalayas, Ku- 



Tonkin, Java 



Somewhat 





353 {Dero t.). 



maon distr. ; Uni- 

 ted Prov., Luck- 

 now ; Bengal, Cal- 

 cutta : (Ceylon, 

 Galle ?) 





widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Gen. Ripistes 







.... 



Europe, C. Asia 



Limnic. 



Ä.,sp. 



N. ANNANDALE, in J. P. Asiat. S. 

 Bengal, N. S. ii, p. 188 (Pterostylarides 

 sp.) (see below). 



Bengal, Calcutta. 











Gen. Slavina 











N. America, Europe 



Limnic. 



S. appendiculata (UDEK.) 



É. PIGUET, in Rev. suisse Zool., xiv, p. 



Bengal, Calcutta 



N. America, Illi- 



Widely distrib 





282, t. 12, f. 20. 





nois ; Europe. 



uted. 



Gen. Pristina 











Cosmopolitan 



Limnic. 



P. œquiseta, BOURNE, f. 



A. G. BOURNE, in Q. J. Micr. Sei., 



Bengal, Calcutta 



S, America, Europe, 



Very widely 



typica. 



N. S., xxxii. p. 352 (P. equiseta). 





E. Africa, Java. 



distributed. 



var. paraguayensis, 



W. MICHAELSEN, in Zoologica, 44, 



Bengal, Calcutta 



S. America 



Widely distrib- 



MICHLSN. 



p. 360 (P. proboscidcB var. p.) (see 

 below). 







uted. 



P. breviseta, BOURNE 



A.G. BOURNE, in Q. J. Micr. Sei., N. S.. 

 xxxii, p. 353, t. 27, f. 11-15. 



S. India. Madras 







Endemic. 



P. proboscidea, BEDD, f. 



W. MICHAELSEN, in Zoologica, 44, p. 



Bengal, Calcutta 





Widely distrib- 



typica. 



, 359. 







uted. 



P. tentaculata (PIGUET) 



E. PIGUET, in Rev. suisse Zool., xiv, p. 

 , 219. 



Bengal, Calcutta 





Widely distrib- 

 uted. 



P. longiseia, Ehrbg., f. typica 



E. PIGUET, in Rev. suisse Zool., xiv, 

 p. 290, t. ID, f. 22, 23 ; t. 12, f. 21-25 

 (see below). 



Bengal, Calcutta 



Europe, E. Africa 



Widely distrib 

 uted. 



FAM. TUBIFICID^. 











Gen. Bothrioneurum 



.... 1 



.... 



S. America, Europe 



I,imnic. 



B. iris, BEDD. 



P. E. BEDDARD, in P. Z.S., 1901, p. 81 



E. Himalayas, Dar- 



Malay Peninsula, 



Somewhat 





{Bothrioneuron i.) (see below). 



jiling distr. 



Siamese Malaya. 



widely dis- 

 tributed. 



FMI. ENCHYTR^ 











ID^. 











? Gen. Heni,ea 







.... 







Amphibious. 



H. (Pj/e/foyi, BEDD. 



F, E. BEDDARD, in P. Z. S., 1905, ii, 

 p. 562. 



India 





Genus uncer- 

 tain, sp. be- 

 longing to 

 M arionina or 

 Lumbricillus ? 



