DESCRIPTIONS OF GENERA AND SPECIES 713 



(36) AUolobophora veneta, Eosa. 



A. veneta, Rosa, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1886, No. 3. 



A. sutarubicunda, forma hortensis, Michaelsen, J. B. Hamb. wiss. Anst, vii, 



1890, p. 15. 

 A. (Notogama) veneta, EosA, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1893, No. 160, p. 2. 

 A. hiberniea. Friend, P. R. Irish Ac, 1893, p. 40a. 



Definition. Length, 70 mm.; breadth, 5 mm.; number of segments, 153. Clitellum, 



XXFI, XXVII-XXXII, XXXIII. Setae paired but not strictly, the setae of ventral pair 



more separated than those of dorsal pairs. Tubereula pubertatis on XXX, XXXI. Sperma- 



thecae, two pairs in IX, X, opening posteriorly. Hab. — Venice; Argentina; Portugal; 



Palestine. 



The species comes very near to A.foetida, with which it agrees absolutely in colour. 



It is to be distinguished by the position of the tubereula pubertatis. The spermathecae 



open close to the dorsal middle line as in the species mentioned. The Portuguese 



specimens form a variety which is marked by its smaller size and by the more strictly 



paired setae. This same variety is found in Liguria and in the Argentine (whither it has 



been probably accidentally imported). It is not certain whether A. submontana 



of Vejdovskt is really different.. The clitellum seems to have a different position 



(i. e. xxiv-xxxiii), but the structure of the worm is not fully known. 



(27) AUolobophora syriaca, Rosa. 

 A. syriaca, Rosa, Mem. R. Ace. Torino, 1893, p. 65. 



Befinitioi].. Length, 130 mjk.; diameter, gmm.; number of segments, 210. Setae distant: 



1-3 = 3-4, both>'i-'i. Clitellum, XXVI-XXXII. Tubereula pubertatis, XXVII-XXXL 



Dorsal pores commence lY/V or V/VI. Sperm-sacs two pairs in XI, XII. Spermathecae 



absent. Hab. — Samsun in Asia Minor. 



Three examples of this species from the Imperial Museum at Vienna were studied 



by Rosa, who adopted Gael Wesseley's MS. name. 



(28) AUolobophora mima, Rosa. 

 A. mima, RosA, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, 1889, No. 63. 



Definition. Length, 240 mm.; diameter, 12, mm.; number of segments, 2(10. Setae distant, 

 1-3=3-3 > 3-4. Clitellum, XXVIII (XXIX)-XL (XLI). Tubereula pubertatis. 



