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NEARLY twenty years ago, a very aberrant earthworm was described by a French naturalist, who obtained it from Pennsylvania. I should be greatly indebted to any naturalists or travellers who may find themselves in that part of the United States, if they would collect some of these worms and send them to me. The most convenient mode of transmission would be to pack the living worms in moist earth with moss or grass, in a tin box perforated at one end: this should be inclosed in a wooden box. Both small and large worms should be collected: some might be preserved in strong spirit, but living specimens would be the most useful.
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BENHAM, W. Earthworms from Pennsylvania. Nature 41, 560 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041560e0
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