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jf P. hrevis communicated by de Blainville, and given in his own 

 words. From this it appears that the " quatorze paires de pattes" 

 has reference only to claw-bearing legs. The oral pajDillte he thus 

 describes — " Quant aux appendices : la tete est pourvue d'une 

 paire de tentacules simples. . . . On remarque a la partie externe 

 de leur base, et par consequent de chaque cote, un stemmate ou un 

 jDoint pseudo-oculaire forme par un petit disque corde, un peu 

 convexeet simple." Upon this Gervais remarks: "M. Wiegmann 

 considere comme des pattes atrophiees les deux organes que MM. 

 Guilding, de Blainville, Audouin et Edwards signalent comme 

 des yeux." 



(4) There is nothing remarkable about the colour of the sjDeci- 

 men. I have seen specimens (with 15 pairs of legs), from Queens- 

 land and New South Wales, which might be descril^ed in very 

 similar or identical terms. 



(5) I do not understand the statement that " the claw-bearing 

 joint which follows these Segments [spinous pads], is distinguished 

 by its 4-cornered appearance due to a pair of papillce at its outer 

 corners, one on each side (P. capensis has three)." The statement 

 as to P. capensis is borne out by Sanger's figures; and both are in 

 harmony with the quite independent observations and figures of 

 Sedgwick, who says that there are two primary papillae on the 

 front or anterior side of the distal end of the foot, close to the 

 socket in which the claws are placed, and one on the posterior 

 side. In the Australian and New Zealand species the distal end 

 of the foot also has three primary papillae, but they are differently 

 arranged, one being anterior, one posterior, and one median and 

 dorsal. At least two of his figures (figs. 32, 33 and perhaps 34) 

 show that Sanger correctly recognised this character in the Aus- 

 tralian Peripatus. His fig. 35 is certainly very satisfactorily 

 4-cornered, three of the corners being furnished by the three 

 papillse in question, while the fourth is apjDarently an equally 

 conspicuous similar primary papilla which is median and ventral; 

 but with which the Australian Peripatus has not been credited 

 by any other observer. Even so, the statement " a pair of papillae 

 at its outer corners, one on each side," hardly seems to express 



