Studies on Earthworms. - Journal of Cell Science

230 WILLIAM BLAXLAND BBNHAM.
The following are new forms of Lumbricus described by
Eisen (15):
Lumbricus puter.
Syn. Allolobophora Boeckii, Rosa (17).
Dendrobosna Bosckii, Eisen (15).
L. purpureus.—Two pairs of spermathecae, in somites
TX, x; opening posteriorly.
Allolobophora subrubricunda.—One pair of spermathecae,
in somite x; opening anteriorly.
Rosa (17) has added the following European forms:
Allolobophora constricta.
All. minima.
All. transpadana.—Five pairs of spermathecae, in somites
vi, vn, VIII, ix, x; opening posteriorly.
All. profuga.—Four pairs of spermathecse, in somites ix,
x, xi, XII.
All. alpina.—Two pairs of spermathecse, in somites ix, x.
L. melibceus.—Two pairs of spermathecse, in somites ix, x;
opening posteriorly.
Kinberg (19) described several new species of Lumbricus,
though probably some of them belong to other genera. They
are extra-European:
L. Josephinae, from St. Helena.
L. infelix, from Port Natal.
L. armatus, from Buenos Ayres.
L. Novse-hollandise, from Sydney.
L. Helense, from St. Helena.
L. Hortensise, from St. Helena.
L. Vineti, from Madeira.
L. pampicola, from Montevideo.
L. tellus, from Buenos Ayres.
L. Tahitana, from Tahiti.
L. capensis, from Cape of Good Hope.
L. Apii, from California.
In 1851 Grube (23) described L. triannularis, and L.
multispinus (Echinodrilus, Vaillant).