264 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



2. Fridericia agricola, Moore. 



Mr. C. Whitehead, of Maidstone, has recently submitted 

 specimens of this worm for examination, on account of their 

 having been found associated with meadow-grass which showed 

 symptoms of disease. First found by Mr. Moore in America, it 

 was some time ago discovered by me in two localities in Cum- 

 berland. Its distribution is therefore wide, and it is important 

 that, in connection with future records, an attempt be made to 

 show whether or not it is worthy of suspicion as an injurious 

 annelid. I have discussed the question in the ' Gardeners' 

 Chronicle' for the present month. 



3. Enchytr^eus pelluoidus, n. s. 



I give this name to a species taken by me among old stable- 

 manure at Heaton Moor, Stockport, on March 4th, 1899. 



It is a white, pellucid worm, with colourless blood, about three- 

 quarters of an inch in length, and containing some sixty segments. 

 There are usually four setce in front of the girdle and three behind, 

 equal in length, slender, and with a curve at right angles on the 

 inner extremity, giving the setce the appearance of a golf-stick. 

 The curve, not as is usual, is very decided, the curved portion being 

 nearly one- third the length of the shaft. The brain, which is about 

 twice as long as broad, is oval, and rounded (not concave or 

 notched) behind. There are no swellings or offgrowths on the 

 nerve- ganglion, which is of practically equal size throughout. The 

 salivary glands are unbranched and club-shaped, being swollen or 

 knob-like at the free extremity. The spermathecce open in the 

 usual place between segments iv-v, without glands, while the in- 

 ternal extremity is somewhat pear-shaped, and without diverticula 

 or sac-like appendages. The girdle is minutely papillose, or pre- 

 sents a fine granular appearance. Very long coiled tube extending 

 back to segment xx, or even as far as xxiv. The first nephridium 

 seemed to lie in segment vii. Perhaps here the most distinctive 

 feature is to be found in the spermathecce, which differ from 

 any I have seen elsewhere. These organs are divided into three 

 parts, each of which is about equal in length to the other. 

 These are (1) a slender tube connected with the gut, (2) the 



