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Helodrilus (Eisenia) fcetidm (Sav.) {Allohophora fcetida). 

 British Brandling Worm 



Originally recorded from Dunedin in 1876, by Captain Hutton, 

 who described it as a new species, under the name Lumbricus annulatus. 

 Dr Benham informs me that British worms of the Fam. Lumbricidee 

 are all commonly met with in cultivated land. This was reported by 

 him in 1898 as common in Dunedin. Mr W. W. Smith reports it 

 as occurring in great numbers in Taranaki, in heaps of rotten manure 

 and putrid matter. It occurs in Sunday Island, Kermadec Group, 

 "under leaves." 



Helodrilus {Eisenia) roseus, Sav. 



Recorded by Captain Hutton in the Index Fauna Novee-Zealandiee 

 in 1903. Mr W. W. Smith records it as common in Taranaki. Also 

 found in the Chatham Islands. 



Helodrilus constrictus, Rosa. 



Dr Benham has no doubt this species occurs in New Zealand, 

 although it has not been recorded. It is found in Campbell Island 

 where he states: "its occurrence is clearly related to the habitation 

 and cultivation of a patch of garden by the shepherds." It is also 

 common everywhere in Sunday Island in forest on damp ground, and 

 under nikau palm leaves and tree-fern fronds. 



Helodrilus {Allohophora) caliginosus (Sav.) 



In 1898 Dr Benham reported this as a very common worm about 

 Dunedin. Specimens labelled Lumbricus levis by Captain Hutton, 

 belonged to this species. It is also found in Chatham Island; and in 

 Sunday Island in soil, and under nikau palm leaves. 



(A European species of Allobophora was found in 1916 by Mr D. 

 Miller in flax swamps in the Manawatu district.) 



Helodrilus {Dendroboena) rubidus, Sav. 



This European worm is recorded in the Index in 1903. Mr Smith 

 states that it is common in Taranaki. 



Otoclasium cyaneum, Sav. 



Another European species recorded in the Index in 1903 ; and also 

 by Mr W. W. Smith from Taranaki. 



Lumbricus rubellus, Hoffmeister 



This was described as an indigenous species by Captain Hutton 

 in 1876, under the name L. campestris. He recorded it as common 

 in Dunedin and Wellington. In 1892 Mr W. W. Smith reported 



