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Show 1889.] ON THE OLIGOCHHETOUS FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND. 377 mistook them for Impalas, which, however, are not found on the Tana on either bank. " It was only when I fired at the Gazelles, and the Hunter's Antelopes (a pair of young males) ran away, that I noticed that they were something new to me. They ran with rather a heavy gallop like a Hartebeest. I then had a very long track after them, and managed to kill the young male which I first sent you. " W e did not come across these Antelopes again for some days, but then met with them in large numbers and got several specimens. They seemed to me to have more vitality than any other Antelope I have ever killed. This species certainly does not extend down to the coast, but we saw them as far as the furthest point we reached (about 250 miles) up the river, at a place called Mussa. Their Galla name is ' Herola,' not ' Haranta,' as given in your- original description (supra, p. 59)." 5. On the Oligochsetous Fauna of New Zealand, with preliminary Descriptions of new Species. By F R A N K E. B E D D A R D , M.A., F.R.S.EV Prosector to the Society. [Received June 12, 1889.] The only papers dealing with the Oligochseta of New Zealand are by Baird (4), Dr. Hutton (8), Mr. W . W . Smith (15), and myself (1, 2, 3). The papers of Dr. Hutton contain short descriptions of Earthworms, accompanied by a few figures illustrating the form of the prostomium and tbe distribution of the setse. The species are all referred to the genera Lumbricus and Megascolex; but it is quite clear from Dr. Hutton's statement as to their characters that a considerable number of species are wrongly identified with Lumbricus, and that they belong to other genera, especially to Acanthodrilus. This is the case with Lumbricus uliginosus, which is possibly identical with either Acanthodrilus novee zelandice, A. dissimilis, or A. rosee. Lumbricus campestris may perhaps be m y Neodrilus mono-cystis; it is stated by Captain Hutton to possess " male genital openings on the ninth segment. Vulvae on the two last segments of the clitellum." The " male genital openings " are clearly the spermathecal pores, while the " vulvae " are no doubt the atrial pores. Inasmuch as Captain Hutton describes the atrial pores of Lumbricus uliginosus as occupying the last three segments of the clitellum, it seems possible that the presence of only two pairs of apertures in L. campestris may mean the atrial pores of the xviith segment and the male pores of segment xviii.,which I have recorded as characterizing Neodrilus. The systematic position of Lumbricus levis is hard to understand from the description given in Captain Hutton's paper. Lumbricus annulatus is, as Captain Hutton states, not far removed from Allolobophora fcetida. Having examined specimens from New Zealand of a species which I cannot distinguish from A. fcetida, I am inclined to think that there is no necessity to recognize A. annulata |
