CY J. J. FLETCHER, M.A., B.SC. 381 



The last pair of hearts is in segment xii ; in this and also in x 

 and XI they are very large, and oi'iginate in part from the supra- 

 intestinal vessel in these segments. The segmental organs com- 

 prise a pair of coiled tubules in each of the segments but a few 

 of the anterior ones. 



Hah. — Sydney, Mulwala, N.S.W, ; Adelaide S. A. (possibly 

 introduced) . 



It is uncertain whether this worm is indigenous, as so far I have 

 had specimens only from gardens. Those from Mulwala, sent by 

 Mr, Sloane, were from a garden to which at one time plants had 

 been brought from Melbourne. It is a remarkable little worm, 

 which as it has a pair of male pores on segment xvir, and I 

 can find no spermathecie of the ordinary character, is referi-ed to 

 Perrier's genus Eudrilus ; but it differs in several points from any 

 of the three or four species of this genus yet described, as for 

 example in having no bursa copulatrix, and in not having the 

 spermathecfe connected in a remarkable manner with the oviducts. 

 At present I can identify neither a gizzard nor spermathecae in any 

 of my specimens. The distinction between intraclitellian and 

 postclitellian is a very fine one indeed in the case of this species, as 

 in none of my specimens is the segment which bears the male pores 

 wholly included in the clitellum, though the pores themselves are 

 more or less completely ; so that while the worms are always 

 unsatisfactorily postclitellian yet they are often not altogether 

 satisfactorily intraclitellian. 



Ceyptodeilus eubens, n. sp. 



A good (spirit) specimen is 55 mm. long, 4 mm. wide ; comprising 

 114 segments. The pear-shaped prostomium divides the buccal 

 ring for more than half its width. 



Colour of the anterior portion of the body dark red, most 

 noticeable in front of the girdle, in the posterior half of the body 

 as well as on the under surface the colour much lighter. 



