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Show 1900.] EARTHWORMS OF THE GENUS AMYNTAS. 641 4. Setce present on clitellum; gizzard-septa sometimes represented; no terminal bulbus. A. Spermathecae 5 pairs in v.-ix. 77. Amyntas loriae Bosa. Perichceta lorice, Bosa, Ann. M u s . Civ. Genova, (2) xix. p. 61. Perichceta lorice, Beddard, Willey's Zool. Besults, pt. ii. p. 185. 130 mm., 99 segments. Setae, 60 on v., 70 on xxv. Setae present on all segments of clitellum or on xv., xvi., or on xvi. Male pores with 10 setae between. Papillae on xvii., xix., xx., on line with male pores. Septum viii./ix. present. N o caeca. Sperm-sacs in xii. Spermiducal gland in xviii. only. Diverticulum as long as duct of spermatheca. Hab. British N e w Guinea ; Solomon Is. The female pore is at least sometimes paired. 78. Amyntas solomonis Beddard. Perichceta solomonis, Beddard, Willey's Zool. Besults, pt. ii. p. 188. 140 mm., 90 segments ; a stout worm. Setae present at least on xvi. of clitellar segments. 15 setae between male pores. Bows of 3-6 papilla? on x., xi., xx.-xxiii. Septum viii./ix. present. Last hearts in xii. Sperm-sacs x.-xii. Spermiducal glands xviii.- xx., with curved duct. Diverticulum of spermatheca half the length of pouch. Hab. Solomon Is. 79. Amyntas subulatus Mich. A. subulatus, Michaelsen, Jahrb. Hamb. wiss. Anst. xvi. p. 29. 70 mm., 116 segments. Setae closer ventrally, with slight dorsal gap. Dorsal pores from vi./vii. Setae on all segments of clitellum. 26 seta? between male pores. Papillae paired on x., xi., xvii., xix., xx. N o caeca ; gizzard-septa present. Spermiducal glands in xviii., xix., with straight duct. Spermathecal diverticulum half the length of pouch. Hab. Celebes. 80. Amyntas violaceus Beddard. Perichceta violacea, Beddard, Monograph Oligochaeta, p. 407. 80 mm., 89 segments ; slender worm. Setae 44 on v., 40 on xvi.; on all segments of clitellum. Papilla? one pair on xviii.-xix., large. Last heart in xii. Spermiducal glands xvi.-xx., with long and bent duct. Spermathecal diverticula nearly as long as pouch. Hab. Penang; West Indies. B. Spermatheca? 4 pairs in vi.-ix. 81. Amyntas posthumus Vaillant. Perichceta posthuma, Vaillant, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) x. p. 228, and M e m . Ac. Montpellier, vii. p. 146. Perichceta affinis, Perrier, Nouv. Arch. M u s . Paris, viii. p. 106. |
