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n India, studies on above-ground biodiversity have received more attention than those on below-ground biodiversity. With this view, systematic surveys for earthworms were carried out in the Western Ghats mountain range of Kerala state in southwestern corner of Peninsular India. This research resulted in three new records for the state, viz. Drawida nandiensis Stephenson, 1924, D. nepalensis Michaelsen, 1907 and Celeriella bursata Jamieson, 1977. Among these, D. nandiensis and D. nepalensis, are recorded for the first time from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Previously D. nandiensis and C. bursata were known only from their respective type localities. With the addition of three species the total number of earthworm taxa reported from Kerala state has raised to 128 and now the Western Ghats mountain ranges has 271 species of earthworms.

Megascolex hendersoni Michaelsen, 1907, is a poorly understood species that has only been known from the type collection. Present report concerns its rediscovery from the Palani Hills of Kerala state, near its type locality in 2013. The paper provides the description of the collected specimens, highlighting their ecological and distribution aspects.

Rediscovery and recent distribution records of Anaciaeschna martini (Selys, 1897) (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Western Ghats of peninsular India is discussed with notes on oviposition behavior. Although mentioned in odonate checklists of the region, there are no recent records or photographic evidence of the species from Western Ghats since its last report and collection by F.C. Fraser from Annamalai Hills in 1933. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]