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mir  als  kolotili  bezeichnet  wurden"  (p.  297).  Likewise  Dr.  Bleeker 
mentions  having  met  with  our  common  earthworms  in  different  pla- 
ces of  the  Malay  Archipelago.  Among  the  numerous  earthworms  from 
this  region  however,  examined  by  myself,  I  hitherto  have  not  found 
a  single  example  referable  to  our  indigenous  genera  Lumbricus  and 
Allolobophora.  In  view  of  the  active  commercial  intercourse  between 
Europe  and  the  Malay  Archipelago,  this  is  a  rather  curious  fact,  for 
we  know  that  Lumbricus-s^ecies  occur  in  S.  America  and  Australia, 
though  they  belong  without  doubt  to  the  fauna  of  the  Palaearctic  and 
Nearctic  regions. 
In  the  following  list  are  enumerated  the  species  of  earthworms , 
hitherto  found  in  the  Malay  Archipelago  (those  collected  by  Prof.  Weber 
are  indicated  by  an  asterisc)  : 
Periohaetidae. 
Perichaeta  annulata  Horst  (Mal.  Archipelago). 
„         capensis  Horst  (operculata  Rosa)  (Java). 
*  „         dubia  n.  sp.  (Sumatra). 
„  ferdinandi  Mich.  (Sangir). 
„  hasselti  Horst  (Sumatra). 
*  „  houlleti  Perr.  (Sumatra). 
*  „  indica  Horst  (Java,  Sumatra). 
*  „  minima  n.  sp.  (Java). 
„         modiglianii  Rosa  (Nias). 
*  „         musica  Horst  (Java). 
„  posthuma  Vaill.  (affinis  Perr.)  (Java,  Celebes). 
„  quadragenaria  Perr.  (East-Indies). 
„  racemosa  Rosa  (Java,  Borneo). 
„  sangirensis  Mich.  (Sangir,  Sumatra?). 
„  sluiteri  Horst  (Billiton). 
„  stellen  Mich.  (Sangir). 
*  „  sumatrana  Horst  (Sumatra,  Java?). 
„       ■  vordermanni  Horst  (Billiton). 
*  „  sp.  (Flores). 
*Megascolex  armatus  Bedd.  (Sumatra,  Nias). 
Perionyx  excavatus  Perr.  (Nias). 
*  „       gruenewaldi  Mich.  (Sangir,  Java,  Sumatra), 
ij       violaceus  n.  sp.  (Java,  Sumatra). 
