1908.] W. M1CHAE1.SEN : Oligochceta of the Indian Empire and Ceylon. 187 



but then these type specimens are not quite as mature as the new specimen. Figure 

 24 of plate xiii may illustrate the structure of the spermathecal diverticulum of the 

 Kandy specimen. 



The habitat of the type specimens was not quite certain, — ''probably Pere- 

 deniya." The new-found specimen makes it probable that the type specimens also 

 came from Kandy, for the Messrs. SARASIN, who collected them, collected at Kan Hy 

 as well as at Peredeniya. 



GEN. PHERETIMA. 



Pheretima biseriaus (E. Perkier). 



Hab.— Deccan, Hyderabad; Col. D. C. PHII^IvOTT leg. 

 Ceylon, Kandy; Col. D. C. PHII.I.OTT leg. 

 Sind, Kurrachee; M. MAINDRON leg., 1896. 



Pheretima houi.i,eti (E. Perrier). 



Hab. — Western Himalayas, Bhim Tal in the Kumaon distr., 4,500'; 

 Dr. N. ANNANDALE leg., 19— 28-ix-o6. 

 Bengal, Raniganj in the Burdwan district ; L- I/- FERMOR leg. 



Pheretima hawayana (Rosa), e. typica. 



Perichœta h., MTCHAELSEN, Oligochaeta, in Tierreich, Lief. 10, p. 271. 



Amynfas hawayanus (part.), BEDDARD, in Proc. Zool. Soc. lyondon, igoo, p. 645. 



Hab. — Eastern Himalayas, Kurseong in the Darjiling district, 5,000'; 

 C. J. BERGTHElIv leg. 



Remarks. — Each of the two specimens possesses two papillse somewhat medial 

 and behind each male pore. The two papillse of each group lie close together in a 

 common depression, instead of being elevated as I have seen them in most other 

 specimens which I have been able to examine. This apparent difference may be 

 caused by a different method of preservation. 



For the systematic relations of this form, see the following discussion under the 

 sub-sp. barbadensis (BEDD.). 



Pheretima hawayana (Rosa), sub-sp. barbadensis (Bedd.). 



Ph. barbadensis, MICHAELSEN, Oligochaeta, in Tierreich, Lief. 10, p. 254. 

 Amyntas hawayanus (part.), BEDDARD, in Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900, p. 645. 



Hab.— Punjab, Lahore, Major J. STEPHENSON leg. 



Remarks. — BEDDARD, in his valuable paper "A Revision of the Earthworms 

 of the genus Amyntas (Perichœta)," in the Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900, pp. 609-652, 

 has united this form with Pheretima hawayana (ROSA) {Amyntas hawayanus in BEDD- 

 ARD'S paper loc. cit.). I am not yet quite convinced that this view is correct. Till 

 now I have not seen a specimen — and I have examined many — which aroused any doubt 



