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South Persia and Turkistan. It must be borne in mind that there are similar outposts 

 of this family in other regions outside the proper dominion of the Lumbricidœ , e.g., 

 some species of Eisenia and Helodrilus in the eastern territories of North America, 

 the dominion of the Diplocardinœ , and on the other hand Helodrilus (Allolobophora) 

 japonicus (MICHI^SN.) in Japan, the dominion of the Indo-Malayan genus Pheretima. 



Hei.odrii,us (Bimastus) parvus (Eisen). 



VAR. ? 



Hab» — Kashmir, Gorai (about 14 miles N. of Kashmir Valley), cq. g,ooo' ; 

 H. HAYDBN, and Captain R. McCARRISON leg. 



The specimen examined differs somewhat from typical specimens. It is 62 

 mm. long. The clitellum extends only over the six segments 25—30, and the 

 tubercula pubertatis over the four segments 26—29. The ventral body- wall of 

 segments 14—16 is greatly thickened and glandular. The male pores on the 15th 

 segment are broad, transverse slits surrounded by a white, slightly elevated area, 

 which extends from the 15th segment to some extent on to the 14th and i6th seg- 

 ments but is not very conspicuous on account of the glandular nature of the whole 

 ventral part of these segments. 



HEI.0DRII.US (DENDROBiE^NA) RUBIDUS (Sav.). 

 F. TYPICA. 



Hab. — Western Himalayas, Naini Tal in the Kumaon district, 6,400'; 



Dr. N. ANNANDAlvB leg., 28-ix— 3-X-06. 



E. SUBRUBICUNDA (EiSEN). 



Hab — Western Himalayas, Simla, 7,500' ; Mrs. H. D. HENRY leg. 



Eastern Himalayas, Sandakphu and Phallut in the Darjiling 

 district (British Sikkim); C. J. BERGTHEHv and I. H. BURKII.L 

 leg. 



GEN. OCTOIvASIUM. 



OCTOI.ASIUM I^ACTEUM, OEREEY. 



Hab.— Western Himalayas, Simla, 7,500'; Mrs. H. D. HENRY and Dr. 



N. ANNANDAlvE leg. 



In concluding this work I must express my heartiest thanks to Dr. N. 

 ANNANDAI^E, Superintendent of the Indian Museum, who not only gave me the 

 opportunity of studying the Oligochsete fauna of the Indian Empire, which has 

 proved most interesting, but also burdened himself with the troublesome task of 

 amending the by no means faultless English of my manuscript, and of correcting 

 the proofs. 



