DESCRIPTIONS OF GENERA AND SPECIES 709 



The colour of this species (which has the size of Lvmihricus herculeus) is a dirty- 

 brown dorsally, greyer in front, and paler behind ; the clitellum is yellowish. The 

 setae behind the clitellum appear to be larger than those in front. Udb has said 

 nothing about the spermathecae. 



(i8) AUolobophora moUeri, Rosa. 



A. moUeri, Rosa, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1889, No. 63. 



Definition. Length, 1^0 mm.; breadth, 4mm.; number of segments, 310. Dorsal pores 

 commence IV/V. Tubercula pubertatis on L-LVII. Setae strictly paired. Spermathecae 

 in Tin, IX, opening between VII/VIII, TIII/IX, in line with dorsal setae. Hah. — 

 Portugal. 



This species comes nearest to A. trapezoides and A. chlorotica, but is very distinct 

 from both, not only in the position of the spermathecae, but also in other points. The 

 colour of the living worm is very characteristic : the ground colour is rose, which passes 

 dorsally into a greenish, but in the posterior region of the body the entire worm is 

 of an intense green, which has even a tinge of blue. The clitellum was not developed, 

 but doubtless lies in the neighbourhood of the segments occupied by the tubercula 

 pubertatis. There are papilla-like convexities on xii-xiv, and sometimes also xx, 

 which bear the ventral setae. The male pores (on the fifteenth segment) are connected 

 with longitudinal ridges, which reach back to the tubercula. 



(19) AUolobopliora tellinii, Rosa. 

 A. TeUinil, D. RosA, Boll. Mus'. Zool. Torino, 1888, No. 44. 



Definition. Length, ^00 mm. ; breadth, 15 mm.; number of segments, 264. Clitellum, XXF, 



XXVI, XXVII-XLI. First dorsal pore, V-VI. Setae paired, those of dorsal pairs more 



strictly paired. Tubercula pubertatis on XXXII-XXXVII. Spermathecae in X, XI, 



opening between IX/XI, XI/XII. Hob. — Italy. 



This species is one of the largest of the genus ; it was found at an altitude of 



lio m.; its colour is whitish, with a brownish-purple band on each segment. The 



setae (ventral) of segments viii-xii borne upon glandular papillae. There appear to 



be only two pairs of sperm-sacs in xi, xii. 



(20) AUolobophora transpadana, Rosa. 



A. transpadana, Rosa, Lumbr. Piemont., 1884, p. 45. 



Octolasion transpadanum, Oebley, Ert. termesz. Kor., xv, 1885, p. 19. 



