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Show 1900.] EARTHWORMS OF THE GENUS AMYNTAS. 633 Perichceta novce britannice, Beddard, Willey's Zool. Results, pt. ii p. 183. 130 mm., 120 segments. Setae 56 on vi., 74 on xxvi. Papilhe, two deep pits on xvii., xviii. Spermiducal gland in xvi.-xviii., with straight duct ; orifices, as of the spermathecae, close. Diverticulum as long as pouch. Hab. N e w Britain. F. Spermathecae 2 pairs in vii., viii. 53. Amyntas tokioensis Beddard. Perichceta tokioensis, Beddard, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. Abth. vi. p. 762. Perichceta Candida, Goto & Hatai, Ann. Zool. Japon. ii. p. 77. Perichceta parvicgstis, Goto & Hatai, ibid. iii. p. 18. 70-150 mm., 67-95 segments. Setae 40. Papilla? two to three near male pores and paired on vi.-viii., with stalked glands. Spermiducal glands (sometimes absent) xvii.-xx., with curved duct. Spermathecal diverticulum long and straight. Hab. Japan. I think that there can be hardly a question as to the justice of uniting tbe forms which have received the three names quoted above. The fact that the spermiducal gland is absent in the form termed by Goto and Hatai " Candida " is not necessarily an objection to this proceeding. 54. Amyntas hesperidum Beddard. Perichceta hesperidum, Beddard, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 169, and Fauna Hawaiiensis, 1900. Perichceta sandvicensis, Beddard, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 203. Amgntas lohri, Michaelsen, Jahrb. Hamb. wiss. Anst. xvi. p. 12. 100 mm., 105 segments. Setae stronger on anterior segments; 33 on v., 53 on xvi. 18 setae between male pores. Septum viii./ix. occasionally present, but thin. Spermiducal glands in three segments. Diverticulum of spermatheca coiled, not long. Sperm-sacs with dorsal diverticula. Hab. Hong Kong; Hawaii; Barbados. It is only the comparative shortness of the spermathecal appendix that differentiates this species from ceruginosus; the two are close. 55. Amyntas hilgendorfi Mich. Perichceta hilgendorfi, Michaelsen, Arch. f. Naturg. 1892, p. 235, and Jahrb. Hamb. wiss. Anst. xvi. p. 9. Perichceta rokugo, Beddard, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. Abth. vi. p. 76. Perichceta irregularis, Goto & Hatai, Ann. Zool. Japon. iii. p. 13. Perichceta schizopora, Goto & Hatai, ibid. ii. p. 76. 150 mm., 120 segments. Setae 40-60. Group of pores on viii. in front of ring of setae on to which open a number of stalked |
